The attacker spoke at a highly anticipated press conference, two days after the announcement of the extension of his contract with the French club.
Le Monde
Kylian Mbappé, who extended on Saturday in Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) until 2025 after a long soap, promised, Monday, May 23, not to encroach on the sports leadership of the club, saying Do not want to go “beyond [his] player function”.
“I remain a football player, anchored in a collective, I will not go beyond this function, I will not go beyond my function of player,” said the attacker of 23 years at a press conference, alongside the club president, Nasser al-Khelaïfi.
PSG has dismissed its sports director, Leonardo, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, a few hours after the extension of the Mbappé contract, from the night of Saturday to Sunday. The future of the coach, Mauricio Pochettino, is more than uncertain; Now, the cloakroom superstar is no longer called “Leo” (Messi) but indeed “Kyky”. Because if Kylian Mbappé has chosen to repel the advances of Real Madrid, at the risk of putting himself on the back a good part of Spain, it is certainly because he made sure that in Paris it would be good “the Angular stone of the project “, a formula already admitted by Mr. Al-Khelaïfi. It remains to be seen, now, what this promise of Doha really is.
The choice of the player of the capital “is a very strong sign, we keep the best player in the world,” savor the manager at the start of the press conference, which sparked as much, or even more, curiosity than the ‘Spectacular arrival of Lionel Messi, presented with fanfare in the heart of summer 2021.
“Today is a great day for PSG, for our supporters in France and around the world: Kylian remains at PSG for the next three seasons, it is important for us and for Ligue 1.” ” Money is not the most important for Kylian, it is the sportsman, “assured Mr. Al-Khelaïfi. “For money, other clubs, including yours [Real Madrid], can pay it more than us,” continued the Parisian manager in response to a question from a Spanish journalist. However, he refused to clarify the terms of the new Mbappé contract, also coveted by the Madrid club, while staggering figures circulate.