L’Equipe: the big battle between Al-Khelaifi and Mbappe over Ethan… and Madrid

Kylian and Nasser Al Khelaifi’s relationship began to break down in June 2023.when the striker sent a letter on letterhead to the club’s headquarters indicating that he would not renew his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, a notice that materialized a year later when the striker signed a contract with Real Madrid despite the president’s attempts dissuade him. Diary L’Equipein his Thursday newspaper details several clashes between both sides.arising from the legal proceedings they are currently pursuing in which the player is claiming €55 million in unpaid wages and bonuses.

They all return to the month of February, when Kylian Mbappe has asked for a private meeting with Al-Khelaifi. In it, the captain of the French team confirmed to the Qatari that he would not sign a new contract with PSG.

. Dissatisfied with this news, accustomed to not getting “no” for an answer, the president of the Parisian team even warned him, according to L’Equipe, that he would not sign a contract with Real Madrid, which made Kylian laugh

Al Khelaifi tried to stop Kylian Mbappe from playing for PSG again. He passed on the warning to Luis Enrique, who, although he had sharply reduced the France captain’s minutes to adjust the team to playing without their star, ignored it.. The Qatari leader also reminded Real Madrid’s new signing that he must honor the commitment made by both parties in August, under which the Bondi star agreed to forgive €55 million in bonuses and wages.

The tension was total, to such an extent that Kylian Mbappe refused to meet Al-Khelaifi at his home. He did not want, according to the French newspaper, to find himself in a situation similar to the one in 2022. in which the president of Paris Saint-Germain used all means to extend his contract when everyone, including in France, assumed that he would sign a contract with Real Madrid. This emboldened the Qatari even more, who was upset given that two years earlier he had done the impossible to sign him to a new contract, in addition to giving him the keys to the club.

In May, on the last day of Ligue 1, in a match in which PSG lost 1-3 to Toulouse, there was a new spat between the player and Al-Khelaifi, who allegedly ordered Luis Enrique not to call up Ethan Mbappe again. Kilian saw his younger brother crying in the locker room, which caused a tense argument between the football player and the leader, in which he emphasized that he would not forgive him for 55 million. euros, which a few months ago he agreed not to receive.

In his farewell message on PSG’s social networks, Mbappe did not mention Nasser Al Khelaifi, thanking all the staff who helped him during his seven seasons in Paris. causing the ire of the President, who even thought that the 55 million that both sides would face would be taken from Florentino Pérez’s own pocket, always according to L’Equipe. A complete breakup with several fights, ending a relationship that ended in the worst possible way.

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