Published 07:09 IST, October 12th 2022
Frustrated Kylian Mbappe wants to leave PSG in January window: Report
The World Cup winner had been close to joining Real Madrid on a free transfer this summer but finally agreed to stay at PSG for two more years with an option for an extra season.
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Less than six months after Kylian Mbappe extended his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, French star is reportedly looking for a way out.
World Cup winner h been close to joining Real Mrid on a free transfer this summer but finally agreed to stay at PSG for two more years with an option for an extra season.
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A series of reports published in France on Tuesday by several media including L'Equipe sports daily, RMC, and Le Parisien, as well as Marca in Spain, say that Mbappe is frustrated and wants to leave during January's transfer window.
PSG declined to comment when asked wher Mbappe expressed his desire to join ar club and if he would be allow to leave.
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club has dominated French league since cash-rich Qatari investors took over in 2011 but has failed to replicate that success on European st despite spending massive amounts on star players.
Club officials h hoped Mbappe's decision to snub Spanish giant would finally le to conquest of club soccer's biggest trophy Champions League and it's unlikely y will let him go without a fight.
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PSG hosts Benfica later Tuesday in Champions League at Parc des Princes.
Earlier this season, Mbappe ducked a question on project that h been presented to him in late May to convince him to stay, refusing to say if he was happy with how it materialized.
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More recently, he suggested that he would rar play alongside with ar striker like he does with France national team rar than in a pivot role up front.
PSG coach Christophe Galtier said this week that club tried to recruit ar striker with a different profile to allow Mbappe to play in his preferred position, but that it did t happen.
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I don't kw what Kylian has been told before I joined or when he prolonged with Paris Saint-Germain," Galtier said.
Mbappe joined PSG from Monaco in 2017 when he was still a teenr. He has often said that playing for Mrid was his childhood dream. Even when he signed his extension, Frenchman did t rule out making move one day.
What will happen in future, I don't kw, he said in May.
07:09 IST, October 12th 2022