Verbal agreement between Mbappe and PSG - sign now, leave in 2024

The transfer saga called Kylian Mbappe is fulfilling the annual norm this summer as well, and the whole situation took a 180-degree turn in the last few days. According to AS, a ten-minute meeting was held on Saturday, with Kylian Mbappe, Nasser Al Khelaifi, Luis Enrique, Ousmane Dembele and Kylian's younger brother Ethan (16) present. Understandably, there was only one question which interested everybody - under what conditions would the team's best player agree to stay at Princes Park at least until the end of the current season?

Exit clauses are completely prohibited in the French leagues, and even privately concluded contracts between the club and the players are not binding (because they cannot be subject to law), so trusting in somebody else’s given word is more or less the only mechanism with which an agreement can be reached in such cases. So that what the interesting parties did. The pesident and the Qatar owners’ commander in chief Nasser Al Khelaifi, allegedly gave his word to Mbappe that he will have a free hand to leave the club next summer, provided he signs a new contract with the Saints now. As Kylian's current contract with the Parisians expires in June next year, he could then leave the club without compensation, and that is precisely the situation that the French champion is faced and wants to avoid. This way, Paris Saint-Germain would be insured in terms of high compensation for the departure of the most important player of the team.

Here we go again, Kylian

For example, a similar verbal agreement was made last summer between the management of Lens and Seko Fofana. The midfielder from Ivory Coast then signed a new contract, although he knew that he would change the club as early as the following summer. He did it in order to bring decent compensation to his club on the one hand, and to open the door to a regular place in the starting line-up for himself on the other, which turned out to significantly raise his price during the season. In the end, Lens kept his word and sold him last month to Saudi’s Al-Nassr for 25,000,000 euros. Thus, in the event of an extension of cooperation, Mbappe would play another season in Paris without any repressive measures in terms of being removed from the team, and after that he could leave the club without bad blood.

Neymar has never been closer to PSG's exit door

That Saturday's deal was a complete success is also evidenced by the smiling face of Nasser Al Khelaifi. The president of PSG stopped at the entrance to the Poissy training camp to sign autographs and take photos with fans. The director's happiness was evident and it was a clear sign of finding a common language with the 24-year-old Frenchman. The top scorer of the World Cup in Qatar should already be on the field on Saturday (21.00) when Paris Saint-Germain visits Toulouse in the second round of Ligue 1. Let us remind you that the 11-time champions of France did not have a good start to the season, as they played 0:0 against Lorient on their own ground.