PSG considers Real Madrid to FIFA
According to the British Telegraph, PSG believes Mbappe has tacitly agreed on personal terms to join Real on a free transfer in the summer of 2024, and received a bribe of more than 100 million USD. The Paris capital club has even more grounds for such an argument when the French striker ignored the offer of a one-year contract and a record salary of $ 775 million from the Saudi Pro League's Al Hilal club.
PSG are considering whether Real's behavior merits a formal complaint to FIFA. According to current FIFA regulations, a club is only allowed to access a player with the permission of the host team. Real can only freely negotiate with Mbappe when his contract with PSG is still valid for six months, ie from January 2024.
In mid-June, Mbappe announced that he would not activate the contract extension clause until June 2025. The one-year activation clause in the contract between the two sides has just expired on July 31, meaning Mbappe can leave for free in the summer of 2024. He even received $44 million in loyalty fees because stay at PSG past this milestone.
PSG still maintain the view that they want to sell Mbappe in the summer of 2023, after removing the 2018 World Cup champion from the list of Japan tour and putting him on the transfer floor. According to L'Équipe, PSG is waiting for an official offer from Chelsea for this deal, following a phone call between English club owner Todd Boehly and president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
Meanwhile, Foot Mercato reported that Barca wanted to own Mbappe by exchanging three first-team stars for PSG, including Ousmane Dembele, Raphinha and Gavi. In it, Dembele has reached a personal agreement with PSG and promoted his desire to leave with the owner of the Camp Nou. The French star wants to sign a 5-year contract with the Ligue 1 champions to return to his homeland to play after 9 years of traveling abroad.
Raphinha just arrived at Barca for a fee of $ 72 million from Leeds in the summer of 2022, scoring 10 and assisting 12 goals in 50 games in all competitions last season. Gavi's presence in this exchange deal is the most surprising, when the 18-year-old midfielder is considered the future of Barca and has just extended until the summer of 2025 with a release clause of more than 1 billion USD.
Liverpool is another potential destination, when being offered a loan contract with Mbappe for the 2023-2024 season. However, coach Jurgen Klopp denied this information when he told Sky Germany: "Mbappe is a class player, but Liverpool's financial conditions do not allow. I do not want to spoil the story now, but according to the As far as I know, Liverpool currently have no intention of negotiating."
After being dropped from the squad for the tour, Mbappe still reacted positively by happily training with the youth team in Paris, signing autographs for fans and not revealing anything about his future. The 24-year-old striker is said to be able to accept the whole season of 2023-2024, and then leave PSG on a free form.
