Paris, October 6 (BUS): Kylian Mbappe failed to say that he will leave Paris Saint-Germain when his contract expires at the end of the season, but Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said he is optimistic that the French striker will join the Spanish giants. .
The 22-year-old told the French club that he wanted to join Real Madrid during the lockdown season, but Paris Saint-Germain turned down the Spanish club’s offers.
Asked if he would be leaving next summer, Mbappe told the French sports daily L’Equipe: “I’ve spent football long enough now to know that the truth of yesterday is not necessarily the truth of today or tomorrow. If I was told that Messi was going to play for Paris Saint-Germain, I wouldn’t have Believe it, so you will never know what will happen.”
But Perez told Spain’s El Debate newspaper on Monday that his club will have news of Mbappe in January. “I hope everything will be sorted out on January 1st,” he said.
Perez’s comments sparked an angry reaction from Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo.
“It has been going on for two years,” the Brazilian told L’Equipe. “I’m just reminding you that the transfer window is closed, the season is on.
“There are matches and Real Madrid can’t continue to act like this. Stop it! Kilian is a player at PSG and the club wants this relationship to continue.”
Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Neymar make up what is considered the most exciting attacking trio in club football, but they struggled for defeat, as Mbappe showed his frustration with the Brazilian.
Mbappe was heard saying “that’s bum, he never passed me” in a Ligue 1 match against Montpellier last month.
“Yeah, yeah, I said that. Now, these are things that happen all the time in football. It’s not a constant thing. That’s why, right after that, after I saw how big you got, I talked to him about it,” Mbappe said.
“We have exchanged a lot of words like this in the past and will continue to do so, because we want to win, but there should not be any hard feelings. There is absolutely no resentment because I respect the player and the man and I admire what he is.”
Mbappe now wants to focus on football.
“Right now, my future is not one of my priorities,” he said. “I’ve already wasted a lot of energy this summer, and it’s been tiring.”
Mbappe is with France as they prepare for this week’s Nations League final with a semi-final against Belgium on Thursday and the Paris Saint-Germain forward is looking to put his Euro 2020 disappointment behind him.
His waste in penalty kicks against Switzerland led to the elimination of the world champions in the round of 16 and Mbappe was heavily criticized in France as well as racist abuse.
“What shocked me again was being called a monkey for a penalty,” he said.
“That’s why I wanted to support, not because I took a penalty on the left and (Jan) Sommer stopped it. It’s my fault.”