PSG slap RECORD price tag on Kylian Mbappe
Carlo Garganese
- 6 Aug 2023 06:06 CDT
- 3 min read
PSGhave slapped a price tag of €200 million on Kylian Mbappe this summer, according to Le Parisien.
Despite the fact that Mbappe’s contract expires in less than 11 months - and the player has no intention of penning a renewal - PSG are still demanding an astronomical fee for their star man.
Were PSG to receive this amount, it would make Mbappe the second most expensive transfer in football history after Neymar’s €222m move to Paris from Barcelona in 2017.
The chances of PSG receiving such a fee appear slim, though, as multiple sources report that it is widely accepted that Mbappe plans to join Real Madrid on a Bosman transfer next year.
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Earlier this summer, Mbappe told PSG that he doesn’t intend to trigger the option in his current contract - which expires in 2024 - of extending by a further year.
Mbappe notified PSG in a written letter, which immediately sparked reports that the attacker will make his long-expected transfer to Real Madrid this summer.
However, Mbappe has stressed that he will see out the final year of his PSG contract and will not leave in 2023.
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PSG want to sell Mbappe
This sparked a furious reaction from PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who publicly made it clear that Mbappe would not be allowed to run down his contract.
Indeed, PSG plan to sell Mbappe this summer. But the big question remains whether Madrid are prepared to pay a significant transfer fee for a player they could sign for nothing next year.
This is the second time when Mbappe has seemed likely to join Madrid.
Throughout the 2021-22 season, it had been unanimously accepted that he would sign for Madrid on a Bosman transfer when his previous PSG contract expired.
But, in a shock twist, Mbappe decided to sign a new deal at PSG.
It was thought that the new deal at PSG ran until 2025 but it has since been revealed it actually expires in 2024, with the now-expired option of a further year.
Mbappe has also been linked with a shock one-year loan move to a Premier League club such as Chelsea or Liverpool.
