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| Kylian Mbappe has asked to leave PSG to join Real Madrid according to the Parisien club's sporting director Leonardo. (Photo credit: ESPN) |
News breaking out of Paris as confirmed by PSG sporting director Leonardo says France forward Kylian Mbappe has rejected a new offer from the club and he wants to join Real Madrid.
Mbappé deal. Leonardo to RMC: “Kylian Mbappé wants to join Real Madrid and we will NOT hold him back. We said NO to Madrid's first offer, but if our conditions are met, we'll see”. 🔴 #Real #Mbappé
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
The La Liga giant submitted a bid rumored to be upwards of €150m for the speed demon but it was rejected on arrival by PSG as it was deemed insufficient for the player who has just one year left on his PSG contract.
"Kylian Mbappe wants to leave, that seems clear," Leonardo confirmed to the famous French news outlet RMC on Wednesday. "If he wants to leave, we are not going to keep him, but it will be done under our conditions.
"We have spoken a lot with Kylian and he always tells us the same thing. Kylian has always promised us that he would never leave the club on a free transfer."
Leonardo continued in a response to Spanish news outlet Marca: "It's a long way from what we think, and we won't offload a player for less than we paid for him at 18 years old," and you begin to wonder what the final figure will look like.
"Verbally we've said no to Madrid," Leonardo said. "We haven't received another offer from Madrid. ... If [Mbappe] wants to go, he'll go, but with our conditions."
Mbappé deal. Leonardo to RMC: “Kylian Mbappé wants to join Real Madrid and we will NOT hold him back. We said NO to Madrid's first offer, but if our conditions are met, we'll see”. 🔴 #Real #Mbappé
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
Leonardo: “We made two important offers to Mbappé: one for the top players in the squad two months ago and one above these players very recently. We want to prove to him that he is an important player, at the center of the project, but not above the project”. 🔴 #Mbappé
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
PSG director Leonardo on Mbappé bid from Real Madrid: “It seems like a strategy to try to get a NO from us, to show that they have tried everything and to wait for a year to get Mbappé for free. Kylian always promised he wouldn’t leave for free”. 🔴 #Mbappé #PSG
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
PSG director Leonardo on Mbappé bid from Real Madrid: “It seems like a strategy to try to get a NO from us, to show that they have tried everything and to wait for a year to get Mbappé for free. Kylian always promised he wouldn’t leave for free”. 🔴 #Mbappé #PSG
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
PSG director Leonardo on Mbappé deal: “Real Madrid official offer is very far from what we want for Kyilian. Yes, it's around €160m. It's less than what we paid for him in 2017”. 🔴 #Mbappé #PSG
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
PSG director Leonardo: “We have no plans to talk to Real again for Mbappé. The deadline is August 31 at midnight. This is how the transfer window is: we keep him and we extend. But we're not going to let him go for less than what we paid when we still owe Monaco money”. 🔴 #PSG
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
PSG director Leonardo: “We never opened the door to a departure of Kylian Mbappé. Never. People say that I want to sell and not Nasser, but me or Nasser thinks the same thing. We are on the same point. But if a player wants to LEAVE, it's on our terms”. 🔴 #Mbappé #PSG
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
PSG director Leonardo: “We have NO plan to talk with Real Madrid again. Will Madrid raise the offer? I don't know. I only know what I said in relation to Madrid's attitude. They have been working on Mbappé for two years, talking to everyone, the family…”. 🔴 #PSG #Mbappé
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
Leonardo: “Real Madrid bid for Mbappé seems like a strategy to show they were trying every way to sign Kylian and that’s it. They’ve been disrespectful, incorrect, illegal and unacceptable. We’re NOT accepting €160m. If he wants to go, it will be for our conditions”. 🔴 #Mbappé
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 25, 2021
