Kylian Mbappe could stay at PSG after Real Madrid refuse fresh wage demands – reports
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ByEurosport
Updated 22/04/2022 at 15:05 GMT
Kylian Mbappe could be set to stay at Paris Saint-Germain after all, according to reports. The 23-year-old has reportedly asked for wages from Real that are well above what was originally agreed. Real are said to have refused his demands and instead he may now look to agree to a new two-year contract with PSG.
Kylian Mbappe
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Kylian Mbappe could be set to stay at PSG due to excessive wage demands put forward to Real Madrid, according to reports.
Mbappe has been widely expected to join Real this summer on a free transfer with only two months left on his current contract with the Ligue 1 club.
According to Spanish journalist Guillem Balague, Mbappe has asked for €100m (£83m) more than his pre-agreed contract with Real and that it is a request the Liga club have refused.
Spanish publication Marca are reporting that the France international’s mother, Fayza Lamari, is in Doha, Qatar, to speak to PSG's leaders.
PSG are said to want to keep hold of Mbappe for at least one more season to overlap with the Qatar World Cup coming up in November.
One possibility could be that Mbappe agrees a two-year extension at PSG with the promise that the club then facilitate his sale should he decide to leave Paris at the end of the 2022/23 season.
The Daily Mail reported on Wednesday that Real remain “quietly confident” they will still sign Mbappe after missing out on Erling Haaland. The Norway international looks set to be switching Borussia Dortmund for Manchester City in the summer.
Mbappe has scored 33 goals and contributed 22 assists in 41 appearances for Mauricio Pochettino's side this season.
'MBAPPE TO REAL IS 80-85% DONE'
Eurosport Spain's Felix Martin
What exactly is the situation? Is Mbappe thinking about staying in France? Do you think this is realistic or is it just a negotiating tactic?
There's a lot of info saying that Mbappe will at a high percentage play for Real Madrid the next season. Some say that Kylian and [Real Madrid president] Florentino Perez has a verbal agreement, something like a 'gentelman's agreement', for him to dress in white next season. I'm not sure he will stay in Paris given that his will is to play for Real Madrid.
We have read some info today saying that Mbappe is asking for more money now. But what I think is that the only point in which Real and the French player are not agreeing are his image rights.
There are some reports about an extension with PSG with an agreement to move next summer (2023) or later. Do you think Real would wait for him? Do you think they'd sign another player (Haaland?) this summer?
I don't think this will happen. Mbappe is going to be the best paid athlete in Real's history, so I don't think that this is a matter of money but will to play in one team or another. And I'm not sure whether Real will sign Haaland either since it seems that Manchester City is leading the race to sign the Norwegian striker.
City are offering him a gigantic contract and are willing to pay his agent Mino Raiola and Haaland's father millions in commission that they're asking for.
Is there concern in Spain that this deal may not happen?
Not really. I believe that Mbappe's deal is done at a 80 to 85% and there are just a few details remaining to close his arrival in Madrid, like his image rights, as I have mentioned.
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