In Madrid they are very calm with the Mbappé issue, despite the fact that Le Parisien, a newspaper closely linked to PSG due to its editorial line, assures that it is going to undertake a capital increase of 171 million euros to alleviate the losses caused by the crisis derived from COVID-19 … and to try to convince Mbappé in passing, increasing his economic offer of renewal and thus avoid the continuous refusals of the Parisian crack to continue in the Parc des Princes. But Sources consulted by AS affirm that “Mbappé has made a decision and money is the least of it. Not for all the gold in the world would he renew with PSG. Your decision has been made a long time ago and nothing will change you. He wants to succeed in Madrid and he will. He only has to wait until June 30 to see his dream come true … “.
In Le Parisien they speculated with the possibility of increasing the renewal offer that PSG has made to Mbappé so that he accepts to renew his contract, which ends in 2022. They could offer him more than 50 million euros net per season, which would surpass Messi (and Neymar (37), becoming the highest paid player in the world. But Kylian works by other parameters that are not based on economics. You want to feel valued and win titles. At PSG he is the third in the hierarchical ladder of the squad and the club, behind Messi and Neymar, and therefore earning more or less money would not make him any happier knowing that his status against Pochettino will not change. The Argentine coach himself openly acknowledged a few weeks ago that Messi, Di María and Neymar form a nucleus of friendship, football and personal, and that Mbappé should adapt to them for the benefit of the group. That statement ended up burning the Frenchman, who does not understand the naysaying to which he has been subjected since Messi’s arrival in Paris.
In reality, his conciliatory statements and those of his mother last week are due more to a strategy to ensure that Mbappé has a peaceful coexistence between now and June with the hot Parisian fans, especially with those ultras who booed him in summer when the day of the team’s presentation Mbappé jumped onto the Parc des Princes pitch. That day the last emotional bond that PSG 7 had with the club that hired him four years ago was broken. Your roadmap does not change. With or without PSG capital increase …