Mbappé: ten days to a dream

We are only ten days away from the market close and in the Madrid offices they insist on transmitting “tranquility” when you ask them about the resolution (happy or negative) of the assault on the signing of Mbappé. There is an irrefutable reality and it is that Florentino Pérez considers his arrival a priority and that it will be consumed late (next season it would arrive free) or early (between now and August 31, closing of the transfer market). The second truth that no one can dispute, not even the Emir of Qatar, is that Mbappé's decision not to renew his contract with PSG (it ends in 2022) is more mature than ever and has no turning back.

Based on the difficulty of convincing PSG to sit down to negotiate, since they have never done so as the cases of Verratti, Rabiot or Neymar demonstrate, Madrid maintains a temperate but insistent strategy like the Malaysian drop. The key is to have achieved that the player's will is unbreakable. That has puzzled Leonardo, PSG's sports director, who for months gave up when he saw that he did not advance a single meter with the Parisian. That explains why Al-Khelaïfi, president of the French club, was haughty and pointed with Mbappé, taking advantage of Messi's presentation as a new PSG signing: “He wanted a sports project that lived up to his expectations and there is no better one. has an excuse not to renew … “. Those words, AS has learned, have hurt Mbappé who, in addition, continuously receives signs of affection and support from Madrid. Benzema, without going any further, often messages him reflecting the joy that his signing and his arrival at the new Bernabéu would bring. In the last European Championship they struck up a sincere friendship that continues.

The proof that PSG does not have them all with them is that Pochettino does not dare to say that Kylian will continue next year for sure, despite having a current contract. PSG's tactic in riding the 7 a cold war also doesn't help take the idea of ​​leaving Paris out of his mind. The ultras, controlled by the club, booed him without embarrassment during the presentation of the team in the Parc des Princes last Saturday. The next day, the club allowed itself the luxury of repeating the video on its own social networks recording the moment in which Mbappé closed the hall door at the exit of the changing rooms, staging a possible crack march. And above In the poster to promote the Tour of the Princes Park, Mbappé appears heeled to the right, behind Messi and with a reduced size to praise the figure of the Argentine.

Nevertheless, Madrid has asked Mbappé to hold out and not make statements that could anger the sheikh, something that with PSG does not usually work. Because, Madrid prefers to keep the negotiation line open to finish, if not fixed before, with a great offensive on the 30th. By then, PSG will have already played their last Ligue 1 game before the national team break, so they will not be able to accuse Madrid of altering their sporting performance.

Arrived on that day 30, Madrid is willing to present a great economic offer since its good financial policy has made money in the box. The range is between 130 and 170 million. But PSG must agree to negotiate. That is the key.