'An UNBELIEVABLE situation' 🤯 Julien Laurens unravels PSG's handling of 'stubborn' Mbappe | ESPN FC

Julien Laurens joins Dan Thomas, Craig Burley, Frank Leboeuf and Shaka Hislop on ESPN FC to discuss the latest development in PSG's handling of Kylian Mbappe's expiring contract amidst Neymar's public desire to leave the team.
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[@sstteevveenn77]

Shaka with the most concise and on point opinion. Mbappe is simply wanting to complete his current contract. Whether he's doing it to force a move to Madrid this summer is irrelevant because it's purely speculation.

[@KaiserM3]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 grow up

[@Dbo_Sports]

No player completes their contract anymore… their contracts are re-negotiated with one to maybe two years left on their deal. The only players who play out their contracts in World Football are older players, on their way out, or players who have secret agreements with other clubs to sign on a free. It’s disingenuous of Shaka to try to explain, that what Kylian is doing is innocent and honorable. We know what he’s doing.. it’s only speculation if your head is in the clouds.

[@knothyselfknotruth]

@@Dbo_Sports didn't Messi just leave on a free? Stop chatting nonsense. Several players leave on a free after running down their contract. In fact it's becoming the new norm

[@cookie_ninja]

L Comment@@KaiserM3

[@KaiserM3]

@@cookie_ninja yours? For sure, you need to go to the school and stop embarrassing your family, loser.

[@BC-mj7gj]

Well said Shaka! It’s PSG’s fault making a player sporting Director 😂

[@Kwami357]

😆 🤣 President Mbappe ruling PSG owners

[@KaiserM3]

Looks like Ramos in Madrid

[@croatiankid6595]

Also mbappe is bigger than the club psg is not a top club they have invested billions and haven’t won a major trophy in Europe in decades this is the truth they are not barca or rm or bayern etc they got no reputation in Europe

[@KaiserM3]

@@croatiankid6595 Hahahaha Mbappe is bigger than RM not than PSG, RM is begging to the player even when he rejected them the last year 😂😂😂. RM is crushed by Mbappe everytime Madrid tries to get him 😂😂, and please every club is bigger than Barca, that club cant even play the UCL 😂😂 even when they buy referees, the Negreira's boys

[@laminjaiteh2193]

@@KaiserM3hahaha Real Madrid won champions league without mbappe. We need him cus he’s a good player. And psg gonna lose him for free

[@luckyme213]

Neymar is trying to run away from Luis Enrique’s style of play 😅. This guy is not ready to work hard to start games😂

[@brandonjablasone7544]

He a lazy trash player, with a little bit of ball control

[@peecon7]

Or maybe he is fed up with PSG and their whole management of things

[@dave-ld8mo]

Doesn’t make any sense. I mean Neymar had his best years under Enrique when they won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2015.

[@whatudoin1]

They are really out here blaming a player for fulfiling his contract

[@hfutubol]

he is a fraud he made a secret deal with real madrid to go on a free cuz he had done them dirty earlier and also to get bonuses from them, very good thing done by PSG let him sit on bench for a year and then let madrid take a not so sharp fit player for free and it might turn out like hazard

[@damd2999]

How many players are allowed to transfer before fullfilling their contract? Why wouldn’t a club want to make money of your exit when they pay you so much?

[@peecon7]

​@@damd2999 what you forget is that last year he could have gone on free and receive significant sign in bonus from Real Madrid. He lost out on thag moneh so thats why he want to fullfill his contract. If he is sold now he wont receive a sign in bonus and loses a ton of money. I honestlt cant blame him he is doing whats best for him

[@a-walpatches6460]

Yep, it's hilarious! All he's doing is refusing to sign a new deal. PSG need to be punished for this, it's not the first time they've done this but it's getting coverage this time because it's Mbappe.

[@teerificbitch]

@@damd2999you can say all that is good. But every employee is also allowed to think for themselves. Just cause you’re a club doesn’t mean everything must go your way. A contract is 2 ways

[@yashodhanrana4738]

PSG and PSG fans deserve every bit of this😊

[@allgood3192]

why ?

[@defskateds7274]

I’m guessing because you like messi and they boo’ed him?

[@allgood3192]

​@@defskateds7274 idk if that is for yashodlhanrana4798 or me . If it is for me that would be my answer : i like messi , i never booed him even if i didnt like all his choices . I dont believe any supporters deserv anything bad its only sport .PSG fans are all mad after the CEO of PSG Nacer al khelaifi . If you ask the PSG fans actually they are happy to see verratti , Neymar and messi leaving . They day your team will pay 120 millions for 2 years on a player that dont make any efforts and is just waiting for his last world cup maybe you understand PSG fans .

[@luisluks5774]

How can PSG bench him for not signing an extension?! If he trains and adheres to what he is contracted to do he should be able to decide to want to see free agency without punishment.

[@pedropierre9594]

Because Al-Khelaifi is a dummy and he wants to force him to sign another contract because Mbappe is bigger than PSG 😂

[@lieminhson2982]

If he doesn't sign an extension he will depart in 2024 for free while if he signs, he can be sold in 2024 for 200 millions of euros grosso modo. For PSG, loosing one of the best player in the world and the best at his position for free is unimaginable

[@lieminhson2982]

They bench him to scare him so he asks to leave now to be sold to Real Madrid for X millions. But if he holds and stay after 31 august which is the limited date for mercato, they will probably let him play again on the field

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Of course they can bench him. They have to pay him accordingly which will mean he doesn't get performance -playing bonus. They would never have given him that contract if believed hecwould do this but nieve is a crime in business. He is amazing playboy hope they stick him to train with kids and hope psg go bust. Deserve each other.

[@hfutubol]

he is a fraud he made a secret deal with real madrid to go on a free cuz he had done them dirty earlier and also to get bonuses from them, very good thing done by PSG let him sit on bench for a year and then let madrid take a not so sharp fit player for free and it might turn out like hazard

[@christianflores2250]

I don’t understand Franks point. Mbappe is fine with playing, but the club don’t want to play him. PSG were the ones who offered him that contract, so it’s on them to honor it or not

[@KaiserM3]

😂😂😂😂 Mbappe said he wouldn't go for free from PSG. And now that's what he wants. So PSG is also entitled to use the players they want, is their xlub

[@xyzblue4563]

@@KaiserM3and so is mbappe, he is entitled to honor his contract, just because psg is missing out on a mountain of money because he doesn't sign doesn't mean they turn against, he is ON a Contract

[@dreddmann6532]

@@KaiserM3 and I'm sure you were there when he said he wouldn't leave for free.

[@KaiserM3]

@@xyzblue4563 as I said before, maybe you have problems to read, he cheated to the club. Bur from the legal point of view, yes he has a contract and from the legal point of view, the club is entitled to use the players they consider appropriate for their interest, so the club is entitled to send the player the entire year to the stands in EUROCUP year, in any case he would get the money, and also PSG will have a system based in the players committed with the club. Problem solved

[@thelegendhimself.]

​@KaiserM3 when madrid was offering them over 200m last time they didn't want it they made their bed and now they gotta lay in it😂

[@jeromemillard1611]

Real talk shaka 🇹🇹💯

[@cyphermote6857]

Finally someone (Shaka) mentions that PSG had already received a 200M offer from Real Madrid that they turned down. Contract run-downs happen all the time now... that's how PSG recently got Asensio and also the way they lost Messi. In fact Barca now exclusively deals with out of contract players. What's special about the MBappe case? The Qatar owners of PSG feel that because of money they are superior to every other club. Real Madrid remains a vexing problem even though they can be out-spent. If MBappe goes to Madrid they feel they have lost face. Notice in the 2nd half of this I have not mention of PSG - only Qatar because they have the French by the B*LLS.

[@majormononoke8958]

PSG is mafia club... They literally paid the french president of to coerce mbappe to stay.

[@comment15]

They're just salty, and acting like kids. It's basically fragile masculinity on a massive scale.

[@mecharenazed]

​@@comment15 Yup, you're right. PSG or especially Nasser acting like a kid. A kid who get trapped in an adult man 😂. Nasser is pathetic human being

[@frederickdouglass7961]

I am glad Mbappe is teaching PSG a lesson....he has my total respect, I hope Neymar does the same.

[@costadim1975]

which lesson? he s going to be benched all season before the european cup

[@andresrueda5508]

​@@costadim1975and still is gonna get paid

[@thehellyousay]

Yeah, right, Mbappe's a hero, sure.

[@frederickdouglass7961]

@@costadim1975 That's just a bit of sacrifice he has to do for standing his ground and not be treated as a commodity for financial profit by a shitty oil-run club.

[@tsvetomirsheev3882]

​@@frederickdouglass7961ah yes, the shitty oil club that made him uber rich 😂

[@lisaschmidt8989]

This story with mbappe and psg feels similar to the one with Ardian Rabiot back in 2018-19. He refused to sign any contract extentions for psg and wanted to leave on a free once his contract ran out. PSG accused him of being disrespectful and proceeded to bench him "indefiniteley" and wouldn't let him play unless he signed a new contract. I think he later won a legal case over psg not paying a bonus they owed him

[@knothyselfknotruth]

Shaka seems the only one with sense on the saga! Mbappe has a contract and he wants to respect how on 🌎 can PSG try to paint him a bad guy for honoring a contract both parties happily🖊📖 agreed to??

[@KaiserM3]

Are you stupid or someone let you fall when baby?

[@Dbo_Sports]

Because he agreed to not leave on a free, and we all know that he said that. If that is true then Mbappe is a disgrace, and the PSG fans should let him know. The key is whether or not he made a verbal agreement with them and if he did and he is reneging on that agreement to help Madrid, then that is a disgrace.

[@knothyselfknotruth]

@@Dbo_Sports u sound silly . HE signed a 2+1 player option. U dnt sign a player option if there's no option,("cuz he promised not to leave for free") he would've just sign a 3yr deal. Psg fooling the simple minded with that "he promised" non sense. Dnt give me "verbal promises" cuz psg promised Mbappe a whole lot they reneged on last yr. Btw Mbappe said he would leave 4 free when RM offered $200m the 1st time! all so called verbal agreements died when he signed that new 2+1 with PSG . Now he for sure gets to leave 4 free if he so chooses cuz that's the contract

[@nagtay]

@@knothyselfknotruthyou just spoke my mind brilliantly

[@ProfSeloTheGoldenDragon.]

​@@nagtayHe did for me too. Let PSG drink their own poison.

[@mr.sushi2221]

Frank made an important point. Worker solidarity to the players.

[@nickdominic9103]

Thanks Shaka for being honest. The next guy is framing this situation as if mbappe is trying to force anything. Mbappe said I’m fulfilling my contract and these bought and paid for pundits don’t seem to want to mention that

[@merveilmeok2416]

I am happy to see Shaka!❤🎉👏👍

[@sullaybjr]

Absolutely 💯

[@manuelsoto9134]

Never has someone honoring their contract received so much bad coverage.

[@SammyOmari254]

The only thing Mbappe needs to do is not to sign the new contract😂😂😂

[@imyourhuckleberry83]

PSG tears give me life. Their chaotic, star-struck, overspending management style deserves every failure that comes their way. Bravo Mbappe!

[@PK01]

We always say players signed contracts and should respect them. In this case I say, PSG signed a contract and should respect it. They didn't sign that contract at gun point. Did they?

[@sophieatieno5148]

I have been saying this all along. They're behaving like they were at gunpoint or like they were drugged while they drew up the contract and are just sobering up

[@TheJoseGarcia325]

Eaxctly im all for players dealing with consequences over their contract dispute and now psg should reap what they sowed they gave mbappe that contract so they should honor it as messed up as it sounds they did it so now they gotta deal with the consequences 🤦🏾🤦🏾

[@zoeman7720]

The fact that players are trying to actually do what they want now after the clubs have been getting their way for a long time

[@pankajgarg6610]

Remember you said that you'll put Frank photo on the cover page when the ESPN FC reaches 3 million subscribers!!! Now, it' the time to do it.

[@Pavan.Meka007]

touch grass mate

[@tsimoi273]

ESPN don't like to cause ppl to vomit.

[@BryanBagehi]

Considering how many high level players PSG picked up on free transfers just two years ago, it is difficult to feel bad for them when they lose someone in the same way.

[@kingmonde]

They even did the same this season by getting Asensio on a free from Madrid. Hypocrisy at its finest.

[@nagtay]

Picked up the then captains of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the same window, for free

[@wemadeitpodcast]

Frank is mischaracterizing Mbappe's situation because he's actually saying he's willing to play out his contract. And a player can be under contract and say he wants to leave and then it's up to the team if they will let them or not.

[@KaiserM3]

Mbappe had no word. Si yeah he is also a trash.

[@eL--RaL]

Did Juls just say "stubborn" Mbappe?? 😱 What a Groundbreaking Monument That's the 10th wonder in the world now 🤯

[@shubhammunda4758]

Stubborn is an understatement 😂

[@sullaybjr]

😂😂😂😂😅

[@broman1429]

​@@shubhammunda4758he means juls dickrides mbappe all the time

[@MaximilianXXX]

Of course Triple__X toothless loser is defending oil clubs. He's on the payroll.

[@Sickwitit18]

He's French so he doesn't want him to leave hahah. PSG fucked up, should've taken the £200M Real Madrid offered. Now they're gonna have give Mbappe a £130M bonus for fulfilling his contract AND he walks for free. Idk why didn't take that offer from RM but this is just hilarious

[@judeochalifu]

Without Mbappe, it would be a miracle if PSG is in top 3 by December. Mark my words

[@willjamesjr]

4:55 Thank God Shaka is there to put some common sense into this conversation. PSG turned down 200 million and offered Mbappe a 1 year extension. Kylian is simply honoring that contract. The rest of the panel is discussing this as if Mbappe is breaking his word. All this.. "back in my day, the players had no leverage or business strategy" talk is really pathetic.

[@dancestarwema]

The panel... Frank... did not attack Mbappe or the current generation of players... he simply highlighted that times have changed... players are now aware of their strengths as far as contracts are concerned... Frank has a point... club owners need to wake up and smell the coffee...

[@FidelEscobarAllende]

Mbappe played Madrid to get a huge deal out of PSG. Then he wants to sit out the PSG contract to go to Madrid for free in order to also get a chunk out of what Madrid would otherwise have had to pay in transfer fees to PSG. Mbappe is essentialy robbing PSG and using Madrid to do so.

[@danieldelgado2654]

This has to be ilegal. They are punishing him for saying he will complete his contract and not renew it. Imagine this would happen in any other sort of work.

[@choysum]

How is this illegal? I employ a staff, but i decided to give him 0 workload. He needs to be grateful that he will get to play golf on a daily basis. It is not the companies' responsibilities to look out for individual staff's personal interest.

[@danieldelgado2654]

@@choysum so you employ somebody to do something especific. This person constantly is the best performing employee you have. They say they are lawfully leaving the company next year, and then you decide to device ways to damage his career in order to coerce him into staying with you. True don’t know if it’s ilegal but at the very least it doesn’t sound moral.

[@choysum]

@@danieldelgado2654 Yes I agree with you. It is just immoral - most companies are.

[@thomHD]

It's a shame Arsenal nor Man Utd offered a 1-year deal. Unsettling the squad aside, Iit might have guaranteed top 4 for United, perhaps the title for Arsenal.

[@mooricioo]

This saga is quite delightful. The club had it comin. I still remember Manchester United having to sell a 2-time UCL finalist in a row, 1 time Ballon d’or Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid because it was his dream. Now we see PSG, After having destroy French football, facing trouble because they refused to sell to Real Madrid a French Player when they had the chance.

[@BobbyMarley718]

PSG has been turned into a company instead of a club. They're treating their players like Worker Bees like corporations do. Mbappe is well within his rights to not want to sign a deal but the club is behaving like greedy corporations. Wanting A year notice when they would'nt give the same.

[@ibbk1]

Mbappe just wants to honor his contract

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

There's never really been a real project going on at PSG and some of the decisions and their obsession with money and marketing is part of why PSG are in such a big mess and it shows the lack of structure and discipline around the club. For Neymar, they literally overspent for him, paying 222 million on one individual when what PSG were supposed to do from a footballing perspective was use that money to focus on other areas in their squad to make a team able to compete in Europe, and in Neymar they thought they were getting a generational talent that would finally carry them to champions league glory, but instead a player who gets injured at the worst possible times, is always linked with a return to Barcelona, and have wanted to get rid of him for a long time now and I get it he's a superstar and wanted to bring him over for a lot of money, but overpaid for a player who's never fit and doesn't want to be there. When you're in a good position financially in terms of what makes sense for the football project and also the younger players, is spend the money for him not too much and then build your team around him, that wasn't the right approach paying that much money which by the way has changed the perspective of transfers in football and has messed up the market a little as clubs are paying that much money for players who aren't worth their value and PSG are never paying that much money for an individual. For me, I never liked the way in which they handled this Kylian Mbappe big contract last year as it was inappropriate and showed absolute stupidity and how the owners care more about money and stars rather than footballing success. For years, Kylian Mbappe has been linked with a move to Real Madrid and has wanted to play for their club literally every summer and in order to convince him to stay, PSG gave him a contract extension that was too hard for him to turn down even though he's wanted to leave for a while and was gonna leave for Real Madrid regardless. The handling of this contract extension made no sense, because Mbappe getting all that money allowed him to believe that he's bigger than the club and he had all the authority which allowed him to run the club. He's a player and for many people criticized the way Mbappe was given that contract last year as really on a proper squad like Manchester City or Real Madrid, I'm sorry they're never giving an individual too much money or authority. When they presented the contract extension, Mbappe on the PSG jersey it said 2025, but the details of this extension was a 2 year extension with the option for an extra year and Mbappe was allowed to decide whether he was gonna trigger it or not. Now that he doesn't want to do that, you're literally trying to force him out when 12 months ago, both parties agreed on this and how has this been betrayal when the whole footballing world for years have known that Kylian Mbappe would end up at Real Madrid at some point PSG have known this too so has everybody in that squad, they're acting like he did something wrong, ok his comments were unacceptable but still Kylian Mbappe has every right to see out the final year of his contract and run it down and go to Real Madrid on a free next year, it affects them financially because they paid 180 million for him, and he leaving for nothing means that they won't be able to recoup some of the money they paid for him. In order to force him to make a decision, he wasn't in the preseason squad and they have made it clear that they'll bench him for the entire season and they're allowed to do that but it just tells you that this contract extension was pointless and they have always had power not Mbappe but decided to give an individual so much authority. What we've seen behind the scenes at PSG and how things have played out, even under a new manager, they're still the circus that we've become accustomed to and it'll end very soon, but it just tells you how weak of a club PSG have handled their business over the years.

[@theminedaha2832]

PSG is as bad managed as it could be : instead on getting 180 million for him in 2021 they opted for : - 32 million salary in 2022 - 60 million signing bonus in 2022 - 70 million loyalty bonus in 2022 - 72 million salary in 2023 - 80 million loyalty bonus in 2023 - and maybe 72 million salary in 2024 In total : 386 million Every other club will be crippled or broke

[@brandonjablasone7544]

They went and got Messi when Mbappe ask for a Stryker and a midfielder and defender

[@ppate8]

ITS RUN BY THE CLOWNS OF QATAR. HERES A COUNTRY WHO BRIBED TO WIN A WORLD CUP.

[@majormononoke8958]

True. The really sad thing is the PSG is literally in the center of one of the hubs for football talents... They had and have literally hundreads of french,etc. talents that play all around Europes top clubs ... They even could have just replicated the french national squad that won the world cup. They literally had 3 of the best players of all time playing at the same time ... It is so funny and sad...

[@theminedaha2832]

@@majormononoke8958 It was a failure .. because by overpaying in salaries they instated an ego clash and huge class difference between the players who should form a "team" This is why big clubs insist on the "wage structure" ... there should not be a player or 2 or 3 who earn significantly more than all the other players combined .. the difference should be reasonable Therefore PSG was never a "team" and will never be .. until PSG stops overpaying Instead of selling mbappe in 2021 for 180 million .. they could reach 386 million payment in 2024 for him alone .... It's a crazy disastrous management ... and a president that let his ego get over the club

[@lisakhanyadlikilili7123]

That signing Bonus he's going to get from RMA is not to be toyed with😂😂

[@Skinny_Popeye]

Since when can you blackmail players into extending their contracts? Bad look for PSG...

[@ayushrawat5390]

Don't understand why is psg penalising mbappe by benching him for exercising something which is his right. If he doesn't want to extend, what is wrong in that. They tried doing that with messi too. Maybe they just can't accept their mistake of not accepting rm's offer of almost 200m and giving a new contract by using money when mbappe was willing to go. Now they are regretting as he will go for free next year. This club has nothing to do with sport, it is just a company which thinks buying the biggest names wins you trophies. They never had any idea how to use the players after buying them, they change manager every season, they start painting their player negative when they are simply exercising their right of not extending the contact. If rm's move doesn't happen, at this point I wish he had accepted the saudi deal, enjoyed one year and then come back to europe in madrid next year instead of playing for ungrateful club and so called elitist fans which will make him suffer like they made messi and also neymar. No Professionalism and love for sport is left in this club.

[@majormononoke8958]

mmmm, I thing the saudi clubs are even worse. The more money the more unwritten rules. Mbappe when in France at least has some legality, if he goes to Saudi, who knows if he can just leave or if he will be hostage worse than in PSG...

[@sandilemfeka4658]

Shaka is spot on

[@elviskiilu3977]

When Craig once said Kylian is stubborn, Jules and Frank defended Kylian, well...

[@mrinzgaming]

Aren’t release clauses illegal in the French league? Here’s the statement LFP made when there were reports about Neymar having a 300M release in his contract: “The LFP issues a clear reminder about article 202 of its rulebook. Clubs are not allowed to sign contracts that contain release clauses that enable the agreement between both parties to be unilaterally terminated."

[@ghastlymagician3336]

I get football is a buisness, and letting something valuable go for nothing is a stupid idea. But at the end of the day as long as Mbappe is living up to his end of the deal on the contract, that is all there is to it. Hes not required to sign another contract with PSG if he does not wish too, and them trying strongarm tactics to get him to do so, make them look bad.

[@DerrickDBerry]

Only a few players have power. The rest are at the mercy of the club and manager.

[@funfact7188]

Attorney here. Mbappe is allowed to fulfill his contract. PSG is NOT allowed to bench Mbappe in order to coerce him into accepting a contract extension because that would be a breach of the implied covenant of good faith. (Similarly, if Mbappe wanted to leave, but PSG insisted he stay - like Tottenham with Kane - Mbappe could not just sit on the pitch and refuse to play during the game to force a transfer.) Mbappe clearly has not made any enforceable commitment that he would not leave for free otherwise PSG would not be trying to renegotiate the contract. Whether Mbappe said verbally that he wouldn't leave on a free transfer is irrelevant. Agreements like this one that involve hundreds of millions of euros are VERY CAREFULLY negotiated and drafted. Every provision in this contract was analyzed. Neither party would simply rely on a verbal commitment that is worth hundreds of millions of euros if it was not enforceable.

[@knothyselfknotruth]

Excellent analysis! And tho Mbappe did say he wouldn't leave for free, that was in regards to his 1st initial contract at PSG as he wanted them to get r.o.i for signing him frm Monaco. That has no ramifications on the 2nd contact he signed with PSG because it was a 2+1(player option) which means both parties agreed & clearly understood Mbappe has the choice to leave for free or stay another yr.

[@Ebriel0000000]

Thank you very much. Crystal clear, as it must be with legal affairs :-)

[@Navy-Seal-Ninja90]

without mbappe messi and neyney im actually curious to see where psg will end in this upcoming season😂 i still think it would be mad to have the currently best player in the world being benched for a whole season until a free transfer next summer.. i really dont see it happening. come on?? kylian should move on with his life and seperate ways with psg. there are other bigger more professional clubs out there ...

[@paulx7888]

Why do people keep saying psg wont recoup their 180mil money they paid for him.... his prescence has brought 10 times more increase value than what they paid for him and after all he has done for psg he deserves to have a say in his destiny....he as a worker has done his job. Psg is ungrateful.

[@joetigo2928]

The club management looks toxic for players.

[@mr.g86g86]

Dude what pride? They can only win the French league. They should be BEGGING Mbappe to stay! 🤣

[@Jermaines69]

If PSG brought Mbappé to japan and left him first team training then I bet he would’ve agreed the sell clause. But we don’t know what Mbappé could’ve said to PSG so maybe he deserves what he’s getting

[@shortznig2938]

Yeah definitely, he deserves all the money he's getting paid from psG until his contract runs out lol.

[@EnriqueSalgadoinSpain]

Why would the player agree to a contract that would make his sale more expensive to the buyer, when he could go for free? PSG is the only one that would benefit from that... there is no upside for Mbappe.

[@davismorganmusic]

The idea is that clubs sell players to make more money. If Mbappe really cares about psg then he would take the money. He clearly only cares about himself which is fine, it’s what makes him an incredible footballer, but his diva nature will certainly make him a harder sell going forward.

[@klcheong]

@@davismorganmusic Not true, , If Madrid get him on a free then they would not have to worry about not able to sell him in the future since he cost nothing.

[@majormononoke8958]

@@davismorganmusic lol, Why would anyone care about psg? They literally throw their best players into a bin, cheat their upcoming talents for mercenaries, use mafia tactics to hold mbappe brining french president to make Mbappe stay. Violate every rule and law, treat their players like meat, are unprofessional, treat their managers like cat food, and worst of all expect loyalty from them lol ...

[@mangloreanwithabeard]

PSG's Preseason was a disaster without Mbappe there is no way he will be benched throughout the reason...

[@ktbeatty]

100% agree, isn’t he doing what we ask players to do? Honor his contract and then go where they want? It’s entirely on PSG who, in 2 seasons, have managed to completely alienate 3 of the best players on the planet. Messi positively looks like a man escaped from prison playing in Miami, and Mbappe, despite being handed the team, can’t wait to follow him out the door.

[@QH304]

Must a club force a player to renew their contract????

[@2rep693]

It's leave this summer OR extend the one more year to 2025 as agreed with freedom to leave to anywhere in the summer of 2024..and he keeps refusing because he wants; get the money from PSG and the huge signing bonus from Real Madrid in 2024....I say..bench the brat for the entire season..

[@yonikb1497]

he is a brat for honoring is contract hahaha

[@2rep693]

@@yonikb1497 .he is a spoiled brat..PSG gave him everything ...and made a huge mistake to trust his words...good luck to Real Madrid..they are getting a snake

[@QH304]

@@2rep693 Benching him will simply reflect as "petty" PSG is. Utilize him to the end of the contract and get your money worth. PSG wants to get much money off him and Mbappe wants to maximize his payment as a free agent. No one is wrong, just that Mbappe is smarter. If PSG thinks he is violating the contract, then take him to court and settle the case.

[@QH304]

@@yonikb1497 Mbappe is simply smart while PSG is being PETTY.

[@sumethanarulanantham9676]

They can say “I want to go “. Still it’s all depend on the club ! If they don’t need them then the club will let them go !

[@LeastSlutty]

PSG shouldn't have given him a free agency clause if they're going to hold him hostage to it.

[@pwrofmusic]

This may change the way player contracts are made. It was a massive investment that the club lost.

[@knothyselfknotruth]

Not true. Are u forgetting his first contract had already ran down? He could've left for already a couple years ago instead he show PSG love and renewed. This new wave of player power will only help course correct the absurd transfer market

[@keneg4087]

PSG’s leave or sign action is harming the team. Players have run down their contracts numerous times. If the player is professional, the club, still plays them, gets revenue from stadium attendance, jersey sales, tv, commercials etc. They still have a punchers chance of winning the UCL with Mbappe. The egos of the chairman and board are costing this team in football and business.

[@knothyselfknotruth]

Spot on! They could've easily turned this into the "Last Dance" season for Mbappe´. Shirt sales and attendance would've been through the roof! Instead, they let social media trick them as tho they were getting played by Mbappe. Smh

[@christianwag3015]

Cousins had burnt all of Psg's kits 😅😅

[@Michael.Tyle.]

I'll be very happy if PSG go trophyless and this is not an overstatement but i really would enjoy it.

[@balisaani]

They will go without a Champions' League trophy, that's for sure.

[@matthewwalker2281]

Need a ball winner in the middle of the field who can look after themselves and kick a few!!

[@lamina11]

How is PSG affording all of this?

[@juniorusina2846]

Can’t they just do a loan with right to buy to RM, let him go on 1 year loan for 60m and Real pay his wages as well, and within that obligation insert a contract extension if it is needed to enable the loan

[@SK-do3um]

And on Mbappe's side I know this contract saga has not gone as expected, but for Mbappe he has got to be hungry to play the game at his age , to win more trophys ,to win ballondors ect..surely he won't spend a season not playing the game

[@aaronnilestoussaint5672]

Jules being bias because hes a PSG fan but we dont know that clause in the contract if its anything above 200+ mill no club could afford to trigger that so unless PSG is willing to make that clause 100 or less whats the difference between selling him now or later?

[@zenjii1]

This is such a strange way to handle such a valuable player... I was at the PSG shop at Parc des Princess last Tuesday and they were still selling Mbappe shirts, so my son was lucky enough to get one!!!

[@evilsultan]

Why can’t he just go to Real on loan and next season they get him for free.

[@MrLittleJa]

Psg🙃

[@marcusclaasen2141]

Wouldn't you want to have the power over your future like Kylian Mbappe?

[@1989steeve]

How can you even bench a player because he don’t want to resign ? Anybody else other than me that thinks this is crazy wrong , cause Mbappe is in his right

[@kamleykamgo5308]

Well done

[@anxheloripa449]

This is still kind of BS. The club always have some power. He definetly has the upper hand but they can also just bench him for an entire season and ruin his career if they just felt like it

[@balisaani]

They can bench him, but conventional wisdom (not Qatari, but CW) says they do that and say goodbye to hiring world class talent for another 7-10 years. No one worth their price in golden boots will accept a transfer there. Players are people too, and certainly not slaves - something the Qataris need to learn the hard way. Kudos to and respect for M'Bappe for standing up for himself.

[@seanzadsalamat5167]

I’m with Shaka

[@christopherwilliams2351]

Love hearing Jules say “the mbappe clan”

[@giornogiovanna845]

Lolol me too. Makes them sound like anime villains plotting and scheming from the shadows😂

[@dre7413]

Why is he stubborn? Why are you giving PSG credit? You all are ridiculous. Especially as an ex-player, how could you not support what Kylian Mbappe wants to do. Let this young, black king respect his contract as he is doing. It’s PSG that think they are above everything.

[@inspirationalaries]

The owners of PSG bought the wrong club and their project was a mistake. They’ve spent huge sums of money to dominate Lihue 1, ruining the competition in the process and they have appeared once in the UCL final.

[@NR.6]

A couple of seasons ago Mbappe had apparently said he wouldn’t leave PSG for free. Can’t be surprised if he goes back on his word though

[@majormononoke8958]

lol, clowns ... They literally didnt accept the real madrid offer and coerced into signing an other contract...

[@alexoshike3367]

Only realmadrid can end all this mess. They should just bid 100 million pounds and get him. Psg should accept that as they are in no position to negotiate. Madrid should just have mercy and save psg from all this embarrassment.

[@balisaani]

I have to say - and with all the kindness in my heart - that I've no problem understanding the French guys when they speak English, but that I had to hit the CC button when the British guy started talking. Sir, if you're watching this, please have mercy on the rest of us and learn to enunciate, or speak a little slower, thank you.

[@grahamesworld415]

The Galacticos Model - not very workable in terms of winning anything, but really entertaining 🤣🤣🤣

[@RahulIyer24]

How does psg even afford these players worth the state of French league?? Where is ffp?

[@abzigwe3656]

Stubborn how?. That's such a loaded word. He is determined to honour his contract how can that be deemed as stubborn

[@WarrenPaulWilliams]

PSG THE DRAMA THAT KEEPS GIVING

[@newempire158]

Glad Shaka is 💯 again

[@tutoreemimo]

Whatever deal he has made with any other club (if made) doesn’t violate his contract. His contract is to stay for a year at the club he is at then be a free agent. In all honesty if PSG negotiated in classy manner with Mbappe, they may not have been in this situation. They clearly mishandled the situation and mouthed threats when Mbappe had all the cards via the signed contract. Yes he may sit for a year, but so what. He will play for the french team, and a player like him will not lose much value after. He’s doing nothing wrong. PSG on the other hand paying but sitting him for the “prinicple” makes no sense.

[@balisaani]

They can sit him, as you say, but conventional wisdom (not Qatari, but CW) says they do that and say goodbye to hiring world class talent for another 7-10 years. No one worth their price in golden boots will accept a transfer there. Players are people too, and certainly not slaves - something the Qataris need to learn the hard way. Kudos to and respect for M'Bappe for standing up for himself.

[@athos5761]

That's what they get for not selling him the first time 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@JuarytheKing]

Shaka is speaking facts

[@ljo6657]

PSG managers/owners tearing down Mbappe posters around and taking shirts out of store is shameful! Where Mbappe and Neymar go fans go!!!

[@ARIYANZA]

Thank you Juls for the twitter news update! But the real info is, its happening! Real Madrid are ready to bid after the first ligue 1 match of PSG meaning after aug 12 because Mbappe must confirm publicly that he wants to leave and he will do that after sitting out the first league match. Real Madrid are NOT ready to repeat what happened last summer. Finances are fine, Perez was saving for this moment. Next week is massive. Fasten your seatbelts lads.

[@thebridge5483]

The wait is killing me

[@klcheong]

What is Madrid bids and Mbappe refuse to move. Hehehe

[@majormononoke8958]

Why would they?

[@ARIYANZA]

@@klcheong please read again bro. Madrid's only gonna bid when Mbappe publicly says I want to move.

[@antoniofuschetto2546]

Shaka with probably the best take ive seen on this. well done👏

[@user-zz5wk8dr3w]

Why would you want to keep a player who doesn't want to be there.let him go,let him see out his contract and thats that

[@nickfox4766]

Mbappe has done nothing wrong, he’s under contract, he wants to stay at PSG then leave on a free next summer and go to Madrid, it’s PSG who are the ones who are trying to force him out of the club, ban him from playing, making him train with the others, pSG got themselves into this mess

[@thebridge5483]

This almost don’t feel real

[@psiutube]

Mbappe is doing what he learned at PSG. Cheeky guy

[@trumpetmusic5672]

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that PSG may be relegated this upcoming season. They barely won the league last season with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe.

[@BobbyMarley718]

oh DEF Not an exageration....but rather foolish lol Barely winning the league is nowhere close to being relegated. They were over 50 pts from relegation last season. their bench 11 would finish in the top half of this league. They're not getting relegated.

[@jx-dama9611]

ummmm no......take a nap

[@KaiserM3]

Messi is retired since 2018 is hard to play with 10 every game

[@davismorganmusic]

That’s definitely an exaggeration😂 at worst they’l end up not winning the league.

[@chadtyrone5]

Strasbourg fc for the win. 😉😎

[@dinbachok6424]

What a loss to PSG. They have a chance to utilise mbappe on the left and dembele on the right. If goncalo ramos can play CF they are golden. Guess PSG will never hit that sweet spot with all the money that they got.

[@majormononoke8958]

Seriously, now that you mentioned it. They could go for one last champions league run...

[@kuziemkosana3372]

That tittle alone should make make you realize that the media is not fair to Mbappe.

[@xawee7254]

I don't like PSG but in all honesty I do feel like he shouda meet them a bit in the middle.. Like make pay Real Madrid 50M or smth..

[@cga6336]

Why don't you give some context so people who not following this news closely can understand? Learn how to increase the numbers of your audience.

[@amazingheartbreak8567]

Arsenal should put a bid in

[@HenricPelegric]

everyone saw this coming, they made a huge mistake making someone bigger than the club.

[@McDaddyZard]

Stop lying Jules you can’t put any clause in france 😂

[@raydawg1234]

Shaka is 100% correct.

[@laurencea9005]

I did not like the way Leboeuf was framing Mbappe's decision. Mbappe is not asking to leave before the end of his contract. He is asking to leave at the end of it. By doing this, he is not putting himself above PSG. Well down Shaka for correcting the records. I disagree with Laurens this time as well. Mbappe is not being stubborn. PSG sold him a project to make him sign. It was not just about money but plans to win and they are failing. It would be a waste for Mbappe to stay any longer. You have to remember he did his part: he scored many goals and more than any other PSG players and he has been 6 years at PSG.

[@gslang3489]

PSG deserves everything they get, so do Neymar and Mbappe. Feel bad for Lucho. He should have known better though.

[@kaziahmed1424]

Shaka Hislop is the only one who spoke total sense in this panel.

[@LeastSlutty]

If he doesn't want to be there... then let him go. It sounds like he's decided to leave and PSG are forcing him to stay. That's bad ownership. Plenty of players WANT to play for PSG, don't focus on the one's who DON'T. Pogba would probably love to play for PSG.