Club sporting director Leonardo says the club will do “everything” to keep Kylian Mbappe as Real Madrid tries to get him free.
The France star has been linked with a move to Real Madrid for a long time.
The Spanish club reportedly offered up to $200 million for Mbappe in August, but it didn’t go through.
Lionel Messi is a seven-time winner of the Ballon d’Or, but Kylian Mbappe has shown that he is still the most crucial player for Paris Saint-European Germain’s ambitions.
There are many more goals from him this season than from the team’s second-leading scorer, Messi, who has seven goals.
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Last weekend, the 23-year-old equaled Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s goal record for Paris Saint-Germain 156.
Only Edinson Cavani has scored more goals for the team than any other player (200).
“As long as there isn’t a signature, we’re going to do everything we can to find out. Keep him; we’ll do everything we can. “L’Equipe is a French sports paper. Leonardo said that.
The Brazilian denied that the club had offered Mbappe a 50 million-euro-a-year salary and a 100 million-euro “loyalty bonus” to stay with the club.
Leonardo: “It’s not true; we haven’t made a specific offer.” Leonardo, who thinks the financial aspect of any new deal is “secondary” to Mbappe, said that.
It will be the last thing on the contract that we put on it.
Last month, France forward Kylian Mbappe said that he hadn’t decided about his future and that he wouldn’t talk to Real Madrid while the two teams were playing against each other in the Champions League.
On Wednesday, he scored a late goal at the Parc des Princes to give PSG a 1-0 lead going into the second leg in Spain.
His trip to the Bernabeu will be easy because he won’t play in Nice on Saturday because he has a suspension.
Even if Kylian Mbappe leaves Paris Saint-Germain when his contract runs out in July, it could show how much of a hole PSG would have to fill if they didn’t.
Marseille and Nice have been struggling recently, which has allowed Rennes, Strasbourg, and Lens to widen the race for a top-three finish to more teams.
On Sunday, Marseille takes on a Monaco team that has been hurt by their loss in the French Cup semi-finals to Nantes. Clermont and Troyes both won just one point.
Also, Lyon’s president, Jean-Michel Aulas, thinks that even though his team is eight points behind in 10th place, they can still compete for a spot in the Champions League.
He said that he agreed with coach Peter Bosz.
“What we see in practice and games makes us think that he is the right person for the job.”
After a controversial defeat by Lille, the league’s head of refereeing said that Lucas Paqueta’s late goal should have been allowed to stand.
Lyon is going to Lorient on Friday to get back on track.
One to watch: Amine Gouiri
The France Under-21 international sent Nice through to the club’s first French Cup final since 1997 in midweek with a goal and sensational assist for Kasper Dolberg that shattered the dreams of fourth-tier Versailles.
Gouiri, a former Lyon youngster, has scored 12 times in 30 appearances for Nice this campaign as they look to qualify directly for the Champions League group stage for the first time.
Key stats
4 – teams level on 22 points at the bottom of the table. Goal difference separates Troyes in 17th from last-placed Bordeaux, with Metz and Saint-Etienne in between.
6 – games PSG has won this season after conceding the opening goal.
