PSG gives an ultimatum to Kylian Mbappé to exercise the option in his contract before July 31. If the French star attacker decides, as he previously communicated, not to extend his contract for another year, PSG wants to sell him this summer.
PSG comes with a deadline for Mbappé: extend or leave
This is what L’Équipe writes, now that talks between the two parties have resumed this week. However, this has not yet led to rapprochement between the two camps. Mbappé continues to insist that he will not extend his contract until 2024, as he previously stated, but insists that he does not want to leave Paris this summer.
According to the French sports newspaper, PSG is convinced that Mbappé is aiming for a transfer-free departure in the summer of 2024, so that he can then enforce a higher signing bonus at his new club. However, the Paris superpower wants to prevent its star attacker and figurehead from walking out the door for free in 2024 at all costs.
Real Madrid will get Mbappé next summer
And that has everything to do with the financial situation of PSG. The champions of France would need Mbappé’s transfer income to continue to comply with Financial Fair Play rules. If he leaves on a free transfer, PSG would be forced to sell even more players. The whole project is then in jeopardy.
Ironically, Mbappé wants the club management to put together a selection that is not completely dependent on him. For now, a rift between the star and his club is more likely. Because if the French international does not use the option in his contract before July 31, it is expected that PSG will want to sell him this summer.
Monaco ends manager search with choice for Hütter
Staying in France, Adi Hütter is the new head coach of AS Monaco. The 53-year-old Austrian succeeds Philippe Clement, who was fired after last season.
Clement had to leave after missing out on qualification for European football. Sixth place in Ligue 1 meant one of the three lowest final rankings for Monaco in the past ten years. After the dismissal of the Belgian, the great search for a new trainer began. Jesse Marsch (clubless after his departure from Leeds United) and Matthias Jaissle, among others, were mentioned as candidates.
Monaco has finally received its new trainer 41 days before the start of the competition. Hütter stood out as a trainer of Red Bull Salzburg and Young Boys and was then at the helm of Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. He had to leave the latter club at the end of the 2021/22 season.
