Kaveh Solhekol explains the current situation between PSG & Kylian Mbappe

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believe that the striker has already

agreed to join Real Madrid on a free

transfer next time as you can see our

chief of water Cowboy silica was joined

me here on set well Carvey this

relationship isn't just under strain

it's fully broken down hasn't it give us

the latest on this situation I mean what

I actually see is that clean and bad pay

uh has got a year left on his contract

but there was this option to extend it

by 12 months and PSG thought that he was

definitely going to extend which meant

that he had effectively two years left

on his contract but last month he wrote

a letter to BSG saying you know what I

will not extend my contract and that

effectively means that he can walk away

from PSG he's the best player in the

world he can walk away next summer for

absolutely nothing

now what PSG did is write him a letter

the letter was dated uh this Monday the

3rd of July it was sent to his home

address in Paris and I've got to say the

letter was quite respectful you know in

the letter they call him Dear Mr mbappe

dear Killian the Tony is quite

conciliatory but they do make their

points very very forcefully they say the

way you've acted

by writing this letter to us telling us

you're not going to extend your contract

the letter being leaked to the media

this has really harmed PSG and they urge

him to make up his mind very very

quickly what he wants to do and they

tell him you've got until the 31st of

July so three weeks effectively either

extend your contract or you will be sold

this summer we're not going to let you

go for nothing next summer so the letter

I think is not as harsh as I thought it

was going to be I thought it would be a

little bit more Angry than it was I

don't think it's quite an olive branch

but they are giving clean and back pay a

chance to think again maybe reconsider

what he is doing and they make the point

to him that look we've invested so much

money not just in you but the club and

the other players we've done so much for

you and your family surely that has to

count for something you cannot just walk

away uh from us and leave us with

nothing next summer yeah I mean I

mentioned before the relationship is is

under strained that that much absolutely

is true despite obviously the tone of

this letter and not just between club

and player but club and potential future

club for killing about paper between PSG

and surely they don't want him to go to

the Builder Bay do they you know what I

don't think PSG care where he goes I

think they'd rather that he leaves this

summer with a fee rather than next

summer for free yeah I mean Real Madrid

have tried to sign Clinton mbappe three

times in the past once when he was at

Monaco when they thought they'd got him

uh and twice since he's been at PSG so

this is the fourth time they've made a

big play to get him in the past

obviously relations between PSG and Real

Madrid are not great in the past

everybody is always assumed that PSG

would rather sell him somewhere else but

my sense at the moment is that if he

doesn't extend they don't care where he

goes there's no emotion in it anymore it

is purely transactional so if he says to

them I'm sticking to my guns I'm not

extending my contract PSG will just

sell him to whoever is willing to sign

him next month how much would it cost I

think you're talking about

150 million pounds you know he's the

best player in the world uh he's got 12

months left on his contract if his

contract was longer I think it would be

a world record fee you would be talking

about somewhere over 200 250 million

pounds but because it's 12 months I

think it will be around 150 million

pounds but of course

you've always got to remember player

power because PSG can be as angry as

they want they can say we're putting you

on the market they can say we're selling

you we don't care where you go get out

of here but he can stay until he's gone

his name right if he's going to move he

has to sign a contract with another club

and if he just chooses not to then he

can just run down his contracts and

leave for free that's the ultimate trump

card to play and I think that's the

reason that PSG are so angry because

they believe that he is already agreed

to move to Real Madrid next summer for

nothing and they believe that the

situation has changed because Karen

Benzema moved to Saudi Arabia last month

that was a little bit unexpected as far

as Real Madrid were concerned they

thought he was going to stay for another

12 months and because Benzema has left

they have restarted project mbappe and

PSG believe that it is a done deal for

him to move there for nothing next

summer I mean it's actually going to do

everything they can to stop that

happening obviously would you understand

Bellingham uh for 115 million pounds of

you know top top fee this summer from

Borussia Dortmund is there any

suggestion at all cover that he could go

there this summer for that 150 million

pounds is that possible uh with Madrid

balancing the books or is it just simply

Madrid no we're going to wait because we

know we're going to get him and it'll be

for free next summer I think

uh Florentina Paris has spoken in public

he's been asked about Real Madrid uh

what they're going to do for the rest of

the window and he's kind of said that's

it we're done we're not planning on

doing anything else but do you actually

believe what he's saying uh you know

they've wanted Clinton and Bape for a

long long time I think if they can get

him this Summer even if they have to pay

150 million pounds instead of waiting uh

until next summer to get him for nothing

I think they would grab the opportunity

to get him this Summer

and I think in the past PSG that would

have left a bad taste in their mouth but

this summer the way things have turned

out yet again they don't care anymore

they just think it's business now no

emotions purely transactional if you

don't want to be at PSG get out of our

club now all right Carvey strong stuff

from PSG thank you very much indeed

really appreciate that

thank you

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