“I don’t know where I will be in three years,” the Bondy star said at his first press conference after his PSG contract extension until 2025.
He issued a statement an hour later the weekend after winning Ligue 1, thanking Florentino Perez’s interest and proclaiming himself another Real Madrid fan in the next Champions League final against Liverpool, but Kylian Mbappe was yet to by the trouble of explaining himself at a press conference after his extension at PSG for another three years, until June 30, 2025. He did it this Monday, surrounded by his family and great anticipation in the Parc des Princes, and at all times accompanied by Nasser Al Khelaifi, the boss of the Parisian state club.
“It was a difficult decision and I had to take my time,” the Bondy star confessed. In any case, he assured that he had made the decision before speaking to the Real Madrid president for the last time and denied being pressured in a process that lasted several years. “The pressure wasn’t on me because I’ve been used to it since I was 14 years old and what I’ve always done is take refuge in my football,” Mbappe said.
He acknowledged that he wanted to move from the French club to Real Madrid last year, a winger who “everyone knew because it was the best decision at the time”, but he clarified that everything is different this year. “The context has changed, as as a Frenchman I have a lot of interest in the club and in the country,” he said. He said that “the sentimental side has weighed more” and the fact that I assumed “my story at PSG was not over yet.”
Mbappe, accompanied by his relatives, never closed the doors of Real Madrid at any time. He was affectionate with Florentino Pérez and with the white club at all times and started feeding a new soap opera. “I wanted to keep the decision a secret, but I already had it before I called Florentino, whom I have a lot of respect for, and told the president. I made a personal decision, the best one for me. Now I want to focus on this new project, in this new era. I don’t know where I will be in three years,” he emphasized.
In turn at Real Madrid, he noted that he had always dreamed of wearing his shirt, which he already put on when he visited the Santiago Bernabéu facilities at the age of 14 with Zinedine Zidane as his driver and he has had it ever since. had. “Thank you for your interest and I understand your disappointment. I hope you understand that I am still here because I am French and I love my country.”
More euphoric than Mbappe was the magnate who runs PSG. He boasted that his club enjoys the “best player in the world” and called Kylian an example of feeling, connection and dedication. “It is very important for the team and for the boys that Mbappe stays, because it shows that it was his dream to be here and keep winning titles in Paris. We have one of the best championships in the world and with that we will keep looking for new goals: win, win and win,” said al Khelaifi.
As logical, Al-Khelaifi placed Mbappe at the center of the future sports project, neither denying nor confirming that the Paris star is the one who decides the ups and downs in the squad, coaching staff and sports management. “I like sports about Kylian and especially his football. He will only make decisions in football, which is what I like most about him,” the president said during a performance where they answered questions in French and English and tried to always smile.
Whether for money, to win the Champions League once and for all with PSG, because Paris is his home or because at Real Madrid the demands would be maximum from the first minute, Mbappe’s decision has given the Gauls oxygen and a very hard blow to the white team, where for the most avid fans and journalists Kylian has spent a matter of hours going from being an idol to anything less than a traitor, even a worse player than Vinicius and Rodrygo. Mbappé also dove into the wound during the Ligue 1 celebration, photographing himself with ex-Madridistas Keylor Navas, Achraf Hakimi and Sergio Ramos.
Source: La Verdad
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