France striker Kylian Mbappe has communicated to Paris St-Germain that he intends to leave the club at the end of the season. The 25-year-old’s contract with the Ligue 1 champions is coming to an end and the star has been heavily linked with a shift to Real Madrid.
Last summer, Mbappe’s future was the subject of one of the major discussions with PSG. The matter had become so bad that at one point in time, he was axed from the first-team squad and left out of the club’s pre-season tour of Asia.
At the end of the 2021-22 season, Mbappe was set to leave PSG on a free transfer but signed a two-year contract extension, with an option of one more year. However, Mbappe told PSG he would not agree to the additional 12 months.
Mbappe turned down a move to Real Madrid when he agreed to his current deal with PSG in May 2022.
The forward has a one-year extension option, so his departure will likely either involve a transfer with a fee or financial concessions from the player.
It is estimated that Mbappe, who won the World Cup with France in 2018, earns around €200m per year (£171m).
Currently, PSG are 11 points clear of second-placed Nice in the French league and are also scheduled to play Nice in the quarter-finals of the domestic cup.
PSG beat Real Sociedad 2-0 in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League encounter on Wednesday. Mbappe scored the opener – it was his fourth goal in the CL this season and also has 20 goals in the domestic league in the present campaign.
In total, he has 243 goals and 93 assists in 290 games for PSG and has helped the club to five Ligue 1 title wins.
Before joining PSG, Mbappe won the French top-flight title with Monaco. He scored 27 goals and recorded 13 assists in 60 games for Monaco.
On Friday, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was asked whether his club would be interested in the Frenchman.
“When there is a player of that calibre, we always have to be in the conversation, but it looks a different way,” he replied.
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