2023-07-21 22:50:29
Kylian Mbappe stays out of PSG’s tour of Japan and South Korea. The exclusion of the French star from the list of players called up for the French club’s Asian tour is a declaration of intent by President Nasser Al-Khelaifi in the pulse he maintains with the footballer.
The absence of the Parisian striker on the Japanese tour has been confirmed this Friday night with the publication of the list of players called up, among whom is not Kylian Mbappé but yes his brother Ethan.
PSG will leave for Japan this Saturday to play four meetings in Osaka and Tokyo. The first of them will be held on July 25 against Al-Nassr, the next will be on the 28th against Cerezo Osaka, in the third they will face Inter Milan on August 1 and in the last they will play against Jeonbuk Motors on the 3rd.
The players who will travel to Japan to play these four games will be Keylor Navas, Achraf Hakimi, Presnel Kimpembe, Manuel Ugarte, Marquinhos, Marco Verratti, Fabian Ruiz, Neymar Jr, Marco Asensio, Juan Bernat, Danilo Pereira, Vitinha, Renato Sanches, Kang-in Lee, Lucas Hernandez, Cher Ndour, Carlos Soler, Alexandre Letellier, Layvin Kurzawa, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Ismaël Gharbi, Serif Nhaga, Milan Skriniar, Ethan MbappeIlyes Housni, Noah Lemina, Hugo Ekitike, Louis Mouquet and Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The exclusion of the young footballer from the list fuels speculation about his future and hypothetical departure from the Parc des Princes, especially after the French sports newspaper ‘L’Equipe’ talks about the possibility that Mbappé will not wear the shirt of his current club again. “PSG’s message is clear. If he is not called to the Japan tour, It is not in the club’s plans“, underlines the French newspaper.
This is another episode of the “soap opera” Mbappéas defined by the French newspaper, after Al-Khelaifi assured that he is not willing to let the player leave for free when his contract ends in 2024. The club’s president stated at the beginning of the month that the striker had to decide between renewing his contract or leaving before the start of next season.
“Our position is very clear. If Kylian Mbappé wants to stay, we want him to stay, but have to sign a new contract. One of the best in the world can’t leave for free, it’s impossible,” the Qatari businessman finally declared after weeks of bickering in the press around the world.
And he added: “He told us that he would never leave for free. If the idea of him has changed, it’s not our problem».
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