PSG could SELL Mbappe this summer

Tom Hancock

• 12 Jun 2023 22:06 BST
• 3 min read

PSG may offload Kylian Mbappe this summer, with the forward reportedly opting not to extend his contract beyond the end of next season.

As such, the France superstar, 24, looks set to become a free agent this time next year – a situation PSG will not want to arise.

In a potentially huge shake-up of the transfer market, it means that the Ligue 1 champions could seriously entertain offers for Mbappe over the next couple of months to avoid losing him for nothing.

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Per Fabrizio Romano, Mbappe has told PSG that he doesn’t intend to trigger the option of an extra year on top of his current deal.

Romano adds that unless PSG can convince Mbappe to agree an extension now, it is possible that he will be sold.

And one club likely to be particularly interested in the 2018 World Cup winner’s situation are Real Madrid: Los Blancos have tried to sign Mbappe in the past – and are currently in the market for a new elite striker after Karim Benzema’s shock decision to join Al-Ittihad.

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Whether Mbappe’s contract contains any kind of release clause is unclear – but it’s fair to say that if PSG do find themselves in the less than ideal position of having to sell him, they will demand a hefty fee.

Indeed, his €135m move from Monaco five years ago ranks as the second-most expensive transfer of all time – eclipsed only by teammate Neymar’s €222m switch from Barcelona a year earlier.

With Lionel Messi already heading Stateside to join Inter Miami, Neymar reportedly wanted in the Saudi Pro League, and Mbappe’s apparent decision, it could be a rather cataclysmic summer for PSG.