Usually when someone makes a public statement that they won't be doing something under any circumstances, that means they'll be announcing that they are doing that thing in the next week or two.
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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Eh, good for him. The market supports guaranteed contracts for top players, so this is a known business risk for the clubs. Same as with Bale. Their skills have a shelf-life, and the clubs are ruthless, so I generally understand when players use the leverage they have.
Aaah shit.....here we go again
Good for him, he's just fulfilling his contract. Couldn't happen to a nicer club. They're run like shit
It will be interesting to see how this all plays out if he does stay in Paris. I don't believe he's going to be benched for the whole season if he stays, but I think they might try.
This is because Real Madrid are greedy and the world of football refuses to hold them responsible for their financial situation
Eh, why? I was under the impression that this is because PSG owners agreed to a very stupid contract and Mbappé is holding them to it.
He wanted to go to Madrid this year. Madrid would've had to sell some talent but people only wanted their good stuff, so they decided to wait a year.
As a Madrid fan who hasn’t really followed in 10 years, could you explain a bit more? Before I ditched Reddit, my understanding was Madrid was trying very hard to sign Mbappe this year.
What’s going on with their financial situation, and why would Mbappe refuse to leave?
But also note, Madrid are in a massive amount of debt. I can't remember the name, but the previous King liked to write-off their debt and so a certain way of life was established in Spain. Times change and they no longer have that debt being written off every so often, however they kept spending more than they were making and eventually accrued just shy of 1 billion debt. This is one of the reasons they pushed for the Super League, because if the Financial Fair Play rules were ever applied properly, they'd be chucked out of everything.
Anyway long story short, Madrid and Mbappé thought he could join them this summer, but PSG want more than they anticipated and Madrid are unwilling to offload talent to make it happen. Now he can either go to Saudi Arabia or Manchester City and he prefers to wait the extra year.
Eh, if he's that intent on rotting at home, fair enough lol.
would you not for a cool 100m? lol
I honestly would have taken a one year offer to go to Saudi Arabia, and go to Real Madrid afterwards.
Seems to come down to whether your skills and appeal eroding during a year of barebones training are outweighed by the lesser but similar risk of playing in Saudi, combined also with uprooting your life for a year and assuming a higher risk of injury.
Yeah but Saudi Arabia would have paid him a lot more than PSG. That's the tradeoff, I guess haha.
I would far far far prefer getting paid 100M to sit in Paris for a year than getting paid 150M to get beat to shit by the heat playing in Saudi Arabia. Doubly so if Paris were my home where my family was.
I'm happy my club is finally showing some teeth. Players that are only in for the money should just leave, we need to prioritise team spirit above individual talent. So yes Mbappe is the best player in the world and a smart guy, but he needs to go.
I'm sure he will be cleverly prepared to paint the situation in his advantage but deep down we all know he's only staying because he will get a huge signing bonus if he goes to Real Madrid next year.
Your club are the fools that begged him to sign this deal in the first place 🤷♂️
Yep that was dumb. Anyway we seem smarter now