Kylian Mbappé has broken his silence. In an interview with RMC Sport, which progressed yesterday and published in full on Tuesday, the French international revealed the details of his frustrated departure to Real Madrid. He assures that he told PSG that he wanted to leave at the end of July and that he does not want to judge that the offer of the white team arrived at the end of August.
“I asked to leave, because from the moment I did not want to renew, I told the club that I wanted to leave. I wanted the club to have a significant compensation for my sale so that I could sign a quality replacement. PSG is a club that has given me a lot, I've always been happy the four years I've been here and I still am. I announced it well in advance that the club could turn it around. I wanted everything to go well to reach an agreement. I told them, if you don't want me to go, I'll stay, “he assured Rothen in the RMC Sport interview.
In addition, the PSG striker flatly states that he asked for his departure in July and not at the end of August as Leonardo said, in a question that Rothen asks him questioning Leonardo's work when he cannot find a solution regarding his future: “People said I turned down six or seven renewal offers. That he didn't want to talk to Leonardo anymore and that's not true. It is not for me to judge, my position was clear since the end of July. I said it pretty early. I wanted to leave at the end of July and that's what I said. I did not appreciate the fact that they said to me, “yes, he wants to go now”, at the end of August. Is a lie. I said at the end of July that I did not want to continue at PSG ”. In the interview, Mbappé does not rule out renewing either: “We don't know what can happen in football.”
Renewal: “We don't know what can happen in football. I said. We don't know anything about anything. I did not know for six months that I wanted to leave.
The signings that PSG has made: “We have made great hires, the whole world has seen that PSG wants to nourish itself with great means to fulfill its ambitions (…). We are moving slowly, we are trying to prepare as best as possible for the big games this season. We do not have to glorify, for the moment, the victory against City, because it was simply a victory in the group stage ”.
Renew: “I learned something. The truth of yesterday is not that of today, nor that of tomorrow ”, to which Rothen says,“ You knew that Messi was coming ”, to which he responds:“ The truth is that I wanted to leave this summer ”.
You don't want to turn your future into a soap opera: “I don't want to chat with people about it. It is exhausting for everyone. I think we can generate something extraordinary this year. Always come to bother me with the renewal speech, with the questions after the game and when nobody asks you about the game. So is this moving forward? No”.
How he said he wanted out: “I told everyone, the president, the sports director and everyone. There is no one who was not aware.”
What PSG replied: “They tell me that the project is done and that they cannot imagine a project without me. Then they tell me that they do not want to sell me, to which I answer: if you want me to continue, I will continue. No problem.”
PSG said they would not let him go free: “I understood that too. At first, when I hear that, it scares me a little. I speak honestly. It's scary when your president says” he will never go free. “I was in front of the TV, I swallowed deeply and said, what's going to happen. ? Later, when you reflect, you tell yourself that it is a show of affection, that it is their way of showing that the club cares about you. Afterwards, you must remain calm, never respond hot. Me when I first heard that I said “oh”.
If PSG has contacted him recently to renew: “No, there was nothing.”
If Real Madrid's offer was late: “He was late. But I said at the end of July that I wanted to leave.”
If he pressured PSG to have a better team: “That was a video interview. If people listen to what I said, I have clear words. Do I put the pressure on? The president is a very important person in the world of football. I did not go to tell them that because PSG has a project Competitive. And they want to win. They don't do that to make me happy. It's not a flower they give me. Of course, I was happy, they are great players. But at no time did I give a name or a guideline to follow. If there are people here, it's because They do their job very well. I'm here to play football. “
Al-Khelaïfi said he had no excuses not to renew: “I do not blame him, he is the president. I get along very well with him. He defends his position, the interests of the club. And that is respectable, because he puts a lot of passion to defend PSG. He is a great president. I have no problem with that”.
Cristiano is your reference: “My references are Cristiano Ronaldo and Michael Jordan.”
If going to Real Madrid would make you escape criticism in France: “What if I go to Real Madrid to be calm and stop being criticized? Do you really think that they won't talk about me at Madrid? Being the player that I am, they always talk about you.”
The whistles of the fans: “I tell you honestly, it is understandable. You are in a situation where there are only rumors, to the right, to the left … What do we give them? Articles, gossip, people with nicknames who claimed to have information … I tell you the truth, with all honestly, quite frankly: I would have booed too. It's frustration. It doesn't mean they don't like me, because the fans support me. It's also a show of affection. I took it that way, not as something frontal. I understand. They don't know anything. . I had just received an offer from Real Madrid on August 26, two or three rumors in the foreign press or in France. They didn't know anything. They criticized me for not speaking. But you can't speak. “