Paris Saint Germain (PSG) have decided to encourage clubs from the English Premier League and other countries especially Saudi Arabia to make bids for Kylian Mbappe.
PSG have decided to let go of the 24-year-old this summer because they do not want to lose him for free next year as the player has already announced that he will not renew with the club.
To push him out of the club, the French club is already going to extremes. On Friday (July 21), Mbappe was excluded from the club’s squad for their Asian pre-season tour.
Most of Europe’s top clubs want to acquire the services of the 2018 World Cup winner but he only wants to join Real Madrid, a club that has been trying to sign him since 2018.
While Madrid are desperate to sign Mbappe, they have not yet made their move because of the Frenchman’s price tag. The Whites want clarity from PSG on a price tag and then they will send their official bid.
PSG did not only exclude Mbappe from the pre-season squad, they have also decided to send him to train with discarded players, players who are no longer part of the project.
Those players include Julian Draxler, Georginio Wijnaldum, Leandro Paredes, Abdou Diallo and Colin Dagba.
Relations between Mbappe and PSG have been strained for the last few months. While Mbappe announced that he will not renew, PSG’s president Nasser Al-Khelaifi strictly stated that either the footballer renews or he will be sold.
PSG have won nine of the last 11 Ligue 1 titles, but the team and Mbappe have been frustrated with their performances in the Champions League -- a trophy the Parisian club have never won despite all their investment in the squad.
PSG went out in the last 16 round this year when they were beaten by Bayern Munich, failing to score in both legs. Mbappe was injured in the first leg and said they were "helpless" in the second.
Now, with so many clubs lining-up for Mbappe and Real Madrid looking like his likely destination, it will be interesting to see where the 24-year-old ends up because nothing is certain in this transfer drama.