French star Paris Saint-Germain Kylian Mbappé informed his club on Monday by letter that he would not activate the additional year which allows him to extend his contract until 2025, said a source familiar with the negotiations.
This development comes just over a year after the 24-year-old striker’s surprise extension to PSG, his club since 2017. The vice-world champion, courted in particular by Real Madrid, had extended until 2024, with the possibility for him to activate an option for an additional year.
The Frenchman made his decision known on Monday in a letter sent to the club, AFP learned from a source close to the negotiations, confirming information from the daily L’Equipe. The deadline to make your choice is July 31, 2023.
Asked late Monday evening, Mbappé’s entourage did not react immediately.
PSG does not plan to let its N.7 go free at the end of his contract, in 2024, which opens the door to a transfer this summer in the event of failure of negotiations by July 31, has indicated the source.
In the event of departure, the club of the capital would be orphan of its jewel of attack, a few weeks after the end of the contract of Lionel Messi, left to join the United States. The future of the other attacking star, Neymar, is also unclear.
The Frenchman had already hinted that he could leave in 2024, during the UNFP trophy ceremony on May 28, during which he won a fourth consecutive title of best player of the season in Ligue 1.
“I said that next year I would play at PSG. I still have a year on my contract so I will honor my contract,” said the top scorer of the 2022-2023 season.
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