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PSG chief Leonardo admits Mbappe ‘wants to leave’

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PSG chief Leonardo admits Mbappe ‘wants to leave’

Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo admits Kylian Mbappe wants to leave.

Leonardo’s comments arrive this morning amid reports of a €160m offer being made by Real Madrid.

Leonardo told RMC Sport: “Kylian Mbappé wants to leave, that seems clear… If he wants to leave, we will not stop him, but on our terms.”

The Brazilian then went on to declare that Madrid’s approach was “illegal because they contacted the player” – hinting that the Spanish giants did not go through the official channels of contacting his club first.

Madrid may need to significantly increase their offer to PSG to secure the player this summer despite the fact he is out of contract next summer.

Leonardo went on to say: “We have no plans to talk to Real Madrid again. The deadline is August 31 at midnight. This is how the transfer window is, for us we are clear: we keep him and we extend. But we’re not going to let him go for less than what we paid when we still owe Monaco money.

“We made two significant offers to Kylian: one at the level of the top players in our squad two months ago and one above that of those players very recently. We want to prove to him that he is an important player, at the centre of our project, but not above the project.

“In terms of our position on Real, it seems like a strategy to try to get a no from us, to show that they have tried everything and to wait for a year to get him for free.

“For the last 2 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.

“It is proof of the strategy: an offer comes 1 year before the end of his contract and 7 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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