2023-06-13 23:36:15
In Paris, the summer season promises to be (still) hectic. Until this Monday evening, June 12, the deal seemed clear: a departure from Kylian Mbappé was unthinkable in the minds of Parisian leaders. But the Bondynois has indicated his desire not to lift his optional contract year, via a letter sent to the club this Monday at the end of the afternoon, and this when he had until July 31 to make his decision.
A strong choice made by the 2018 world champion, whose lease in the capital runs until 2024, and which forces the mysteries of Parisian power to review their plans to avoid a free departure, next summer, of their star striker .
If an exit voucher is granted to Mbappé, PSG would be orphaned from their attacking jewel, a week after the departure of Lionel Messi for the American championship. What is the value of the French international (68 games, 38 goals), who turns 25 in December?
Transfer marketa reference database, values Mbappé at 180 million euros (the last estimate dates back to December 23, 2022), the same amount as that of his transfer in 2017 from AS Monaco, when he was just major and champion of France on the Rock.
180 million according to Transfermarkt, 160 according to CIES
The German site estimates that the player’s value increased by 20 million euros between November and December last year, during the World Cup in Qatar, a competition during which he scored eight goals and provided two assists. But it does not reach its market peak of 2019, the year in which its value had climbed to 200 million euros.
The football observatory (CIES), in its latest study based on several criteria (age, duration of the contract, potential, etc.), the number 7 in Paris is estimated at 163.2 million euros, which places it… in tenth place in the ranking. A fall for Mbappé, who occupied first place (now monopolized by Erling Haaland and his 245 million euros) in June 2022, when he had just extended in the capital. This discount is explained by the contractual situation of the player, who is no longer linked to the club for only one year. The closer the end of a player’s contract, the more his value on the transfer market drops.
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However, these values are only indicative, and the actual transfer amounts are often different from these estimates. For example, Paris has just bought the young Uruguayan international midfielder Manuel Ugarte for 60 million euros from Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), the price of his departure clause, while Transfermarkt only values him at… 25 million euros.
One thing is certain: it seems unlikely that the Parisian leaders will let the central element of their sports project slip away without a substantial offer. PSG should set the bar at around 200 million euros, and it would not be utopian to see Mbappé overtake Neymar and his 222 million euros.
Restricted circle of candidates
Very few clubs are financially strong enough to enlist the captain of the Blues. We could find four or five candidates in England. But the competition will not play, since Mbappé wants to join Real. Paris can therefore hardly hope to raise the stakes.
Arrested a few days ago by a passerby on a possible arrival of the native of Bondy, the merengue president Florentino Pérez dismissed the rumors by replying: “Yes… but not this year…” The Spanish club will however indeed try his luck at again, as it gives itself the means to enter a new era with the departure of Karim Benzema in Saudi Arabia and the arrival of promising young players (Tchouameni, Camavinga, Bellingham) since last summer.
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