Kylian Mbappé, Al-Khelaifi and Real Madrid CF

Currently on the world football market, apart from Messi, Cristiano and Neymar, the player who stands out the most in the world is the Parisian.

You can talk about Haaland, De Bruyne, Salah, Benzema, Mahrez and others, but in terms of youth, quality, overflow, strength and intelligence, he is above them all.

There are even those who think he is above the magnificent trio. Of Messi and Cristiano because of age. Kylian is a player for 10 years. In the case of Neymar, you can talk about his life outside football, whims and eccentricities.

Kylian Mbappé has everything to be the most important player of the next decade. An intelligent, professional player, with the right environment and only one thing on his mind: football.

In 2017 playing for Monaco he was the sensation in Europe. Real Madrid tried to sign him. Zidane played the role of interlocutor and even Cristiano exerted some influence, taking advantage of the Frenchman's adoration for Ronaldo.

Along came one of the nouveau riche of world football. Paris Saint Germain and of course its president Nasser al-Khelaïfi.

The Doha-born businessman and tennis player landed at Paris Saint-Germain in October 2011 with great financial potential.

Since then, he has made expensive and mediatic signings. Thiago Silva, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Beckham, Lucas Moura, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Édison Cavani, David Luiz, Javier Pastore, Ángel di María and Neymar; world-class goalkeepers such as Gigi Buffon and Keylor Navas; and coaches such as Carlo Ancelotti, Laurent Blanc, Unai Emery and Thomas Tuchel. It currently has Pochettino.

In addition to having a financial backing far above that of other clubs, with the exception of Chelsea and Manchester City, it has a very complete business background. It is governed by seriousness and compliance with agreements.

He does not understand that other clubs try to sign Paris Saint-Germain players with a valid contract.

The experience with FC Barcelona was disastrous for the Culés. They contacted Verrati directly to bring him into their ranks without first contacting PSG officials.

Al-Khelaïfi's reaction was to immediately contact the two best players in the Blaugrana: Messi and Neymar. The Argentinian, with great roots in Barcelona and a huge contract, which recently came to light, declined the offer, but the Brazilian was signed for 222 million euros. That was a record. 

Another significant case was that of Frenchman and PSG academy player Adrien Rabiot. He was loaned to Toulouse where he had a magnificent season. He returned to PSG and won a starting place in the team and was capped at international level.

In 2018 Juventus made him an offer. The player wanted to leave for the Italian club. Al-Khelaifi kept him the whole year without playing until the end of his contract. He finally went to Juve, but he has not become the important player at PSG.

The president of PSG is very clear about his objectives and above all he is very clear that no team can take any player away from him. He fulfils his obligations and demands that his players do the same. If he feels threatened, he uses all his weapons to defend and attack.

There is a saying in football that "players play where they want to play", but with Al-Khelaifi this is not true. What is enforced are contracts. And with an unlimited budget it's easier.

Back to Kylian Mbappé. The time to decide whether to sign for Real Madrid or PSG came in 2018. The reason why they opted for the Parisian club was, besides the economic, the youth, 18 years old. His family had doubts about his adaptation to a new country, a new city and a top-level team.

They decided to go to Paris and it has had its positive aspects such as the titles won, reaching a Champions League final and continuing to grow as a footballer. But perhaps two years ago his interest was to come to Real Madrid as soon as possible.

As he reaches the end of his contract, he is seeing the light and what in the world of football is very important, such as the economic issue at PSG, is not so important. When a player with only one year left on his contract has decided to leave for another club, his team is forced to transfer him in order to raise money, because if he leaves at the end of the year he will leave without the financial resources to sign his replacement.

This is where Florentino Pérez comes in. He knows the PSG president very well and knows that he has to go head to head with him. This has been the case for several years, but Al-Khelaifi has given a no for an answer.
The Madrid president has always been in contact with his counterpart and has always been straightforward. Relations are very good, although with the Super League, the French team has distanced itself.

This year could be the year of the French star's departure. The friendship of the two leaders and their mutual respect could help a lot in the player's departure.

It would also help if new stars like Messi, Ramos or Griezmann arrived in Paris. Madrid's discarded players are of no interest.

For Didier Deschamps, the French coach, it would be very good for the player to have his future sorted out before the start of the European Nations Championship. They kick off against Germany on 15 June.

It seems that everything indicates that the player will play at the Bernabéu next season, but only if Nasser al-Khelaifi allows it.