"I didn’t say ‘no’ to Madrid, I said ‘yes’ to France"

Kylian Mbappe is now focused on explaining the reasons that led him to reject Real Madrid’s proposal and accept PSG’s renewal offer until 2025, news that became official on Saturday and caused a lot of anger and discomfort within white club. The French striker offered a press conference with Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and then held various media conferences to go into details about the decision that keeps not only PSG and Real Madrid on edge. , but also the whole world of soccer.

Reviews from Madrid

“I haven’t agreed with anyone, I’ve always been like this. I discuss, I outline the contract and then I make my choice. I can understand Madrid’s disappointment and I’m grateful to them because they want to accept me as one of their own. I didn’t tell him “No to Madrid, yes to France and a new project with PSG. I felt the call of homeland and the capital. It’s too early to go out like that, for free”.

Reaction of Benzema and the Madrid players

“All the Real players published it, not just him. You don’t have to be very smart to know what’s coming from above. We haven’t talked about Karim yet, I didn’t want to force things. When we see each other we will talk, he will ask me why and I will explain. he is a partner and I know he wants to come. “

The role of Macron

“Of course we’ve talked. His advice to me is good. In today’s time when you are a national figure you have rights but you have duties. I always wanted to have responsibilities, now that I have I will not back down .When I told him I was lying he was very happy he told me that it was good news for the country and that he was very good.Just one call.I have a lot of respect for him.But I didn’t make the decision this because he asked me to stay, but it became a parameter among others “

Ballon d’Or in Paris

“Madrid has a history, you can’t compare Madrid to PSG, it’s older. Now that the rules have changed, wherever you play, if you’re the best, you’ll win the Ballon d’Or”

Contract period

“It was not needed to make a contract too short, it would be making fun of the whole world. That’s good. It’s not too long and not too short, there is time to invest. In three years I don’t know what can happen but now I am involved in this new project, in this new era and I think I made the right decision.

Decision -making power in the field of sports

“You have to know how to trust people. It would be a bad start to a project when you have your star player who comes to pressure the sports director to make signings … Everyone have to stay in their place. I’m not “going to influence signings or sales, I’m not good at that. Where I’m good is in the field and I want to focus on that because there’s a lot of work,” he said.