Macron to host Mbappe tonight may make U turn on PSG exit
Kylian Mbappé will be French President Emmanuel Macron’s surprise guest at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday night, just weeks after informing Paris Saint-Germain that he will leave the club at the end of the summer.
The France captain has been the Ligue 1 champions’ star player since moving to the Parc des Princes in 2018, but has long been linked with a successful move to Real Madrid.
The 25-year-old has reached an agreement with the LaLiga team after years of links with his arrival at the Bernabéu, but neither PSG nor Real Madrid have shared a formal statement announcing the player’s decision.
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Mail Sport reported last week that the World Cup winner will take a huge pay cut upon joining Carlo Ancelotti’s team, as he currently earns a whopping £21.4m (€25m) net per season. in the French capital.
But while President Macron may have previously tried to influence Mbappé’s decision to leave his home country, according to Le ParisianTuesday night’s event will see the player invited to a dinner in honor of the visiting Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
Joining Mbappé at the dinner will be PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who heads the club’s ownership group Qatar Sports Investments.
Sheikh Tamim is believed to have been invited to the capital by France’s prime minister in a bid to help negotiations between Israel and Hamas over a ceasefire and the release of hostages.
At the end of last season, Mbappé was quick to deny that Macron had played a role in trying to convince him to stay at the French club, after the striker sent a letter in June to PSG detailing his decision not to renew his contract. , which expires this year.
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“He wants me to stay in Paris, my goal is to stay (for next season). We are on the same wavelength.”
Macron, whose term will end in 2027 due to France’s two-term constitutional limit, previously shared that in 2022 he had spoken to Mbappé about his future playing in his country’s top flight.
“Yes, it is true that I had a conversation with Kylian Mbappé before he made a firm decision about his future,” Macron said in June of that year.
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