Kylyan Mbappé has formally communicated to Paris Saint-Germain that he will not extend his contract, which ends on June 30, 2024, and the club is considering transferring him so that he does not leave for free. The star has sent a letter to his team stating that he will not execute the option for an additional season, according to the newspaper L'Equipe.

In this way, Mbappé would be free at the end of next season and could start negotiating with any club from January 1. PSG sources assured the aforementioned newspaper that Mbappé will not leave for free, so if the player does not express his willingness to renew, he will be transferred in the coming weeks.

L'Equipe points out that PSG is “surprised” and has shown “misunderstanding” by the fact that Mbappé has sent the letter at this time, even more so since there was no legal obligation for the footballer to express that intention to be released on June 30, 2024.

enigmatic statements

And it is that the optional season would only take effect if Mbappé shows in writing before July 31 his desire to sign it, so if he had maintained his silence he would still have been released within a year.

Until now, the player had been enigmatic about his future, and on May 28, during a UNFP union gala, he limited himself to advancing: “I still have a year left on my contract, I'll be here next season”.

Just a year ago, the striker renewed for two seasons with PSG, with an optional one, when his transfer to Real Madrid was almost taken for granted. The captain of the French team later admitted that he had received a call from President Emmanuel Macron, who urged him to continue in Ligue 1.. The pressure from the Qatari-owned club was also very strong, which sought to continue having one of the best players on the planet on its payroll during the celebration of the last World Cup.

reconstruction in paris

PSG's season has not been very encouraging for the Bondy player, as the club won Ligue 1 with mediocre play, which will surely cost their manager Christophe Galtier his job.. Above all, PSG fell in the Champions League round of 16 against Bayern and showed that their competitive level at the European level remains stagnant.

With Leo Messi gone and waiting to get rid of Neymar (31 years old and with another serious injury on his back), PSG wanted to make Mbappé the cornerstone of its reconstruction, based on more French players and, above all, younger and more hungry for titles

This will be the third consecutive year that the future of Mbappé has made the headlines. In the summer of 2021, Real Madrid even offered 200 million euros for him, even if he only had one year left on his contract.. And in the final moments of last season it was practically taken for granted that the player would go to the white club, although he finally signed another contract in Paris, for two seasons and one optional.