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– France forward Kylian Mbappe has agreed to stay at Paris St-Germain, turning down a move to Real Madrid.
– He will sign a lucrative new three-year contract with the French champions.
– The 2018 World Cup winner, 23, had been heavily linked with a move to Spain but has committed his future to PSG.
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– Spain’s La Liga reacted angrily to the news, calling the deal “scandalous” and announcing it plans to file a complaint to Uefa as well as French and EU authorities.
Kylian Mbappé extends his contract until 2025
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— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) May 21, 2022
– “This type of agreement threatens the economic sustainability of European football,” read a La Liga statement, adding that it puts “hundreds of thousands of jobs and sporting integrity at risk in the medium term, not only from European competitions, but also from our domestic leagues”.
– According to Spanish football expert Guillem Balague, writing last month, PSG were prepared to offer Mbappe a 150m euro signing-on fee to keep him for another two seasons.
– He had agreed a financial package with Real months ago for a potential switch to Spain, but has decided not to join Carlo Ancelotti’s side.
– Mbappe said he was “very happy” to stay at PSG after the club’s president Nasser Al-Khelaifi announced the striker’s new deal before his side played Metz in their final Ligue 1 match of the season.
– “I am very happy to stay in France, in Paris, in my city,” Mbappe said in an interview on the Parc des Princes pitch.
– He initially joined PSG on a season-long loan from Monaco in August 2017 and has helped them win four Ligue 1 titles in five seasons.
– With his current contract running out in June, the Qatari-owned side were desperate to keep him and were prepared to offer the player a £21m net annual salary.
– Mbappe scored in each leg against Real in the Champions League last 16 this season, but it was not enough to prevent PSG from going out 3-2 on aggregate.
– He is Ligue 1’s leading scorer with 25 goals and provided a further 17 assists in 34 games as PSG won the domestic title with four games to spare.
– PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino said on Friday he had no idea where Mbappe would play his club football next season.
– “I hope Kylian is still here for many years to come but I also can’t lie. I don’t know what is going to happen,” said the former Tottenham boss.
– “There are lots of rumours going around but the player is the one who will have to talk about this.”
