Emmanuel Macron said he had “no first” about Kylian Mbappé’s future.©AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he would “try to push” Kylian Mbappé to stay at Paris Saint-Germain. Asked by a young PSG fan on the sidelines of the VivaTech exhibition in Paris, Macron said he had “no first” about Mbappé’s future. “But I will try to push” France’s captain to stay, Macron continued in a light-hearted exchange. Mbappé’s future at PSG has been thrown into serious doubt after the striker told AFP he had never discussed extending his contract with the club beyond next year.
Mbappé and his entourage spoke out the day after he sent a letter to the club confirming he would not take an option to stay with the French champions until 2025.
That immediately sparked the specter of the 24-year-old striker, one of the most coveted players in world football, who followed Lionel Messi out of the Parc des Princes this summer, because if Qatar-owned PSG don’t make money by selling him now, sell, he could leave for nothing at the end of next season.
Should Macron talk to Mbappé, it would not be the first time that the two have discussed his future at the Parisian club.
Last year, Mbappé made the surprise revelation that he had spoken to Macron about his possible move to Real Madrid, saying he appreciated the “good advice” from the French president who wanted the PSG star to stay in France .
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