Al Khelaifi Mbappe: “You are going to legitimize the Super League!”

Since it has been confirmed Kylian Mbappe’s departure from PSG in FebruaryThe relationship between the French national team captain and Nasser Al Khelaifi has completely cooled down. In fact, both parties already broke up two years ago, after formalizing their extension until 2024, due to a number of promises that, according to the forward, the president did not keep.

According to L’Equipe, The Qatari, angry that Mbappe did not renew his contract, used a number of arguments to try to convince him to change his mind, but all was in vain. One of them: “You are going to legitimize the Super League!”This means that the rise of a direct rival such as Real Madrid makes the case for starting a new tournament more feasible.

Al-Khelaifi, in addition, also He called Mbappe and told him (as L’Équipe always reports) that players such as Bellingham and Harry Kane had left their teams, leaving money in the club’s coffers. Or, in a nod to Real Madrid, he told the Bondi star he would not be able to strengthen “our great rival”.

Difficult relationships

Two weeks ago, Before the match with Toulouse, which lost to PSG with a score of 1:3, Nasser Al Khelaifi and Kylian Mbappe met. in a conversation whose tone was raised by the fact that the president of Paris Saint-Germain reproached him for not mentioning him in the video confirming his departure from the Parisian club at the end of the season.

According to verified sources, Mbappe and PSG still need to agree on the economic terms of his departure. In August, The player promised to forgive 80 million euros in the form of corresponding loyalty bonuses, But Al-Khelaifi is waiting for a final gesture: either to give up a percentage of the transfer bonus that Real Madrid is paying him, or to forgive part of his salary, which is more profitable from a financial point of view.

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