PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN have allegedly given Kylian Mbappe an ultimatum to either sign a new contract or be sold.
The French forward rocked the club this month by informing them that he will not extend his deal.
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Mbappe‘s contract with PSG, reportedly worth more than £500MILLION, runs out in 2024 but there is a clause that could see him stay until 2025.
The extra year, though, is a player option, which means it is up to the forward whether he wants to trigger it or not.
The 24-year-old star sent the French champions a formal letter informing them that under no circumstances will he be activating that option.
PSG initially insisted that he would not be leaving the Parc des Princes in the upcoming transfer window and the player has indicated that he will remain there this term.
But the Parisians will have to sell him this summer to avoid losing him for free next year.
Real Madrid have been long-term admirers of the superstar with club president Florentino Perez desperate to sign him after missing out 12 months ago.
But he stated that Madrid’s transfer business was over after capturing veteran forward Joselu on loan and splashing out £115m on Jude Bellingham.
He is prepared to wait until next summer to get the 2018 World Cup winner on a free transfer.
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Meanwhile, we revealed how Manchester United are also keen on Mbappe.
And could table a potential swap deal once their Qatari takeover is completed.
Now PSG Community are now claiming that the club’s owner is ready to sell Mbappe now and that an “ultimatum” has been issued to the player’s camp.
The senior Qatari decision-makers at the Parc des Princes took his contract announcement “as a real betrayal” and are forcing him to make a choice.
He either needs to reconsider his decision over an extension or they will put him up for sale.
PSG are currently finalising the appointment of Luis Enrique as their new manager and have given Mbappe, who is currently on holiday after finishing international duty with France, “two or three weeks” to make up his mind.
Their Qatari owner Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is said to have close business relations with Perez and the pair talk regularly.
And therefore a potential transfer this summer could “suit everyone” – but they will not sell Mbappe cheaply.
This update claims that he will not accept anything less than a mega £172m.
It also adds that “PSG will no longer kneel before a player” and their owner “intends to place the club above everything else” as they have now put the ball firmly in Mbappe’s court.
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