PSG had a very eventful Saturday, May 21, marked by the end of the Kylian Mbappé soap opera with the announcement of its extension. Leonardo was relieved of his duties as sports director, when Parisian supporters were celebrating Angel Di Maria for his last.
We had felt the blow coming the day before, as the wind shifted. Already Spain was pouting and Paris was smiling again, understanding that the extension of Kylian Mbappé was no longer an unrealistic fantasy but was possible. Everything has changed forever on this Saturday, May 21a day that will mark the history of PSG.
2:24 p.m., Mbappé left to stay – The tipping point took place around 2:30 p.m.: while everyone is waiting for communication over the weekend from the French striker to find out what he has chosen between a departure for Real Madrid and a new Parisian contract, the signs are becoming more and more insistent and are all going in the same direction: RMC Sport specifies that the player has left … to stay in Paris and that his extension is on the right track. The Qatari management is then very confident.
3:31 p.m., extension information is confirmed – The information reaches us: the future of Kylian Mbappé is settled, the 2018 world champion has decided to extend to Paris. In addition, RMC Sport specifies that this decision will lead to others and cause major changes in the club’s organization chart.
4 p.m., the evocation of Mbappé’s phone call to Real – Real Madrid, very confident about signing the player until Friday, this time understood. Respectful of the Madrid institution, the former Monaco player called the president himself of the White House, Florentino Perez, to inform him of his choice, we learned.
Since everything matches and the information is solid, RMC Sport switches to special: on the site, on the radio, everywhere. The live dedicated to the future of Kylian Mbappé is fueled by the reactions of our consultants. Well informed, Jérôme Rothen judges that the player’s extension will « change things » at PSG. Jean-Michel Larqué warns that this will not do everything. Emmanuel Petit welcomes the striker’s decision to stay in France. The Spanish press is also racing and begins to tackle the Mbappé clan hard.
5 p.m., had Mbappé said yes to Real? – It is then a question of pulling the wires and, as often in this kind of case, two versions are opposed. According to RMC Sport, if he had found an agreement concerning a possible contract as he had done with PSG, Kylian Mbappé had not said yes to Real Madrid. On the side of the Spanish clubwe assure, as our specialist Fred Hermel reports, that he said yes at the beginning of May.
5:19 p.m., La Liga gets involved – The president of La Liga Javier Tebas, headwind against what he considers to be club-states (PSG and Manchester City), speaks on social networks. He denounces the sums spent by PSG to extend Kylian Mbappé, speaks of an « insult to football » and is a little threatening.
5:45 p.m., the duration of the contract is known – RMC Sport learns at this time that the new Parisian contract of the world champion will go until 2025.
6:05 p.m., it smells of changes in spades – As mentioned earlier in the afternoon, confirmation that change is brewing at PSG and that final decisions are expected soon. The two names most threatened in their functions? Sporting director Leonardo and coach Mauricio Pochettino.
6:57 p.m., the extension is signed – This time, RMC Sport learns that the new contract binding Kylian Mbappé to PSG until 2025 was signed and that the officialization is imminent.
8:30 p.m., La Liga announces a complaint about Mbappé’s extension to PSG – In a press release, LaLiga announces that it is filing a complaint against PSG before UEFA, the French administrative and tax authorities and before the European Union against PSG after the « possible extension of Kylian Mbappé ». Against the backdrop of the principles of financial fair play. The document is long, incisive, almost warlike and reflects the anger of Spanish football.
8:49 p.m., PSG formalizes the extension of Mbappé – Nasser Al-Khelaïfi enters the lawn with Kylian Mbappé and announces the extension of his star himself. the attacker then take the floor to ignite the Parc des Princes with these few words: « I am very happy to stay in Paris in my city, I have always said that it is my home. I want to continue to win trophies, with all of you. »
10:50 p.m., the supporters celebrate Di Maria, the party is total – Lap of honour, songs, trophy held up, champion T-shirts… everything is joy and jubilation at the Parc des Princes for the festivities of the tenth title of champion of France. One man is particularly in the spotlight: Angel Di Maria who, at the end of his contract, leaves the club on a last match punctuated by a goal and a lot of emotion.
1h25, Leonardo fired by Paris – We learn overnight that Leonardo has been dismissed from his post as sports director of PSG. The one that has been said to have been threatened for several weeks is therefore the first domino to fall in the global reorganization of the Parisian organization chart. Maybe not the last change to expect…
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