PSG stars gift Kylian Mbappe ‘2050’ shirt in hope of keeping him at Ligue 1 club
Real Madrid may think they have everything in place to sign Kylian Mbappe in the summer, but the Paris Saint-Germain players have not given up on persuading him to stay.
Mbappe is out of contract with PSG on July 1 and has been strongly linked with a move to Real.
The Spanish giants pushed hard to sign Mbappe in the summer transfer window, but saw two bids rebuffed by PSG.
Real president Florentino Perez is desperate to sign the France international and turn him into a Galactico, but was not successful with offers of £137million (€160m) and £145.5m (€170m) in August.
They could get their man in 2022, however, with Mbappe able to discuss a free transfer in the new year as he enters the final six months of his PSG deal.
His team-mates have made it clear what they want to happen by presenting him a PSG shirt with ‘Mbappe 2050’ on the back of it for his 23rd birthday on Monday.
Mbappe has so far refused to sign any kind of extension with PSG, so it appears unlikely that he would commit his next 29 years to the club.
But his team-mates have clearly not given up on him yet, with Marco Verratti, Ander Herrera, Sergio Ramos, Julian Draxler, Achraf Hakimi and Gini Wijnaldum all visible in the picture shared by Juan Bernat on Instagram.
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Mbappe has scored 13 goals in 23 appearances for PSG this season, four of which have come in his last two matches against Club Brugge and his former club Monaco.
PSG signed Lionel Messi on a free transfer from Barcelona in the summer to create a star-studded attack alongside Neymar under Mauricio Pochettino’s management this season.
The French club are already 13 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 and will face Real Madrid in the last-16 of the Champions League in February.
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That tie could cause tensions, given PSG sporting director Leonardo’s comment about Los Blancos’ pursuit of Mbappe.
"For the last two years, Real Madrid have been behaving like this, it is not correct, illegal even because they contacted the player. It is unacceptable for us, because it is not correct,” he said in August.
"It is proof of the strategy: an offer comes one year before the end of his contract and seven days before the end of the window.
"They want us to reject, to show to Kylian that they tried everything and to start negotiating for next year."
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