While the Spanish press simultaneously reported that Real Madrid had abandoned the deal to recruit Kylian Mbappe – whose contract with PSG will expire in the summer of 2024, in reality, the French super striker is still the number one target. of Los Blancos.
It’s just that the Royal Spanish team changed their strategy to attract Mbappe to quickly bring his luggage to the Bernabeu. According to Cadena SER (Spain) and RMC Sport (France), the desire for Mbappe has never changed with Real’s leaders. However, instead of being proactive like before, Los Blancos now kicked the ball to the feet of the 24-year-old French striker.
After the bitter failure to sign Mbappe in May 2022 (he eventually renewed with PSG), president Florentino Perez will no longer want to risk repeating the same scenario. Los Blancos did not actively pursue the French striker, but on the contrary, Mbappe was forced to speak up and announce that he wanted to leave, then the Madrid giant got to work.
“If Kylian Mbappe really wants to go to the Bernabeu, let him do the job. He needs to proactively declare his desire to leave and his destination. Everything needs to be in that order,” a reputable Real internal source revealed to Cadena SER.
RMC Sport also emphasized that Real’s move is completely consistent with what is happening in France. Mbappe and his team have not mentioned anything related to the future until now. The PSG super striker is focusing his utmost attention on his parent club and the French national team.
If PSG has just risen to the top of the 2023/24 Ligue 1 rankings, then Les Bleus will also have won tickets to the EURO 2024 finals with first place in Group B 2 matches earlier. Mbappe himself has contributed 18 goals and 3 assists in 17 matches in all competitions (both club and national team) this season. Most recently, Mbappe scored a hat-trick to help PSG defeat Reims 3-0 in round 12 of Ligue 1 2023/24.
From now until December 31, 2023, if PSG does not successfully convince Mbappe to extend his contract, he is allowed to freely negotiate with the new stop he desires.