Mbappe was linked with a switch from PSG to Real Madrid last summer before eventually opting to sign a new contract with PSG. PSG can always find a way around it and keep him till they find a replacement for him. But I think Real Madrid are at advantage because they might not pay the outrageous amount PSG is asking because he has a year left on his contract and might get him for free next summer.
The management of PSG is very smart they can't just let their best players go and that's why there will always be offers of extensions for the players long in advance before the contracts expire.
If Real Madrid wants Mbappe, maybe PSG will ask for quite a large amount with the aim that Madrid will withdraw from being able to take Mbappe.
Next summer I'm also not sure that Mbappe can go with Madrid because surely PSG will keep him.
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I have read about these rumours but it looks like PSG can't let Mbappe go because he is one of the main players in the attacking position for the PSG team.
If Mbappe really leaves PSG then it will be difficult for PSG to find a replacement for Mbappe.
Maybe later there will be more negotiations being carried out by PSG management to Mbappe so he can stay there a little longer.
But if this really happens so that Mbappe is taken by Real Madrid then this is a golden opportunity for Madrid to be able to have a good attack line for the summer.
As long as his contract is still at PSG, everything can still be discussed, but indeed in this condition I actually believe that if Mbappe is smart and does not want to waste his potential then he will leave sooner or later regardless of whether there is a remaining contract or not.
Even if PSG desperately defended when his contract expired and Mbappe still insisted on leaving there was nothing they could do.
It's just that this also returns to the decision of Mbappe himself because if in the end he still chooses money then in this case the certainty will be the same potential and performance he will lose because PSG and Ligue 1 are not good places, especially in competitive conditions.
You are right, as long as there is still a contract, everything can be discussed and PSG has more power to be able to keep Mbappe.
If the contract runs out and Mbappe decides to leave, maybe PSG will increase the value of the contract or even let him go, but it looks like PSG will keep him.
Mbappe is an asset for the PSG team and Mbappe has managed to provide many goals and wins for PSG.