he last few months of Kylian Mbappe at PSG were among the most tumultuous. Practically since the end of the World Cup in Qatar, the tug-of-war between the striker and the club’s top management, in particular with Nasser Al-Khelaifi, was a constant until his departure last summer to Real Madrid. A series of episodes that has been reviewed today by the newspaper L’Equipe.
The relationship between the president and the star began to crack in the summer of 2023, when Kylian sent a letter to PSG informing them that he would not activate the clause in his contract that allowed him to extend his contract until 2025. In other words, he was putting the French club between a rock and a hard place: either they sold him that same summer or the following summer he could leave for free (as eventually happened).
