Kylian Mbappe has rejected a world record £259million offer to move to Al-Hilal by declining to speak to the Saudi Arabian club’s delegation.
Paris St Germain had given representatives of Al Hilal permission to discuss the transfer with the 24-year-old after agreeing the fee earlier this week.
His current deal will expire at the end of next season when he will be able to leave the club on a free transfer with Real Madrid waiting to sign him. But PSG are adamant that will not happen and are actively listening to offers for the World Cup winner.
Officials from Al Hilal arrived in Paris on Wednesday to finalise the signing of Brazilian winger Malcom from Zenit St Petersburg and opened talks to sign Mbappe’s teammate, PSG’s Italian international midfielder Marco Verratti.
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has confirmed plans to sell Mbappe if he does not agree a new deal after the forward was left out of the club’s pre-season tour of Japan.
‘My position is very clear,’ he said. ‘I don’t want to repeat it every time: if Kylian wants to stay, we want him to stay. But he needs to sign a new contract.
‘We don’t want to lose the best player in the world for free, we can’t do that. This is a French club. He said he would never leave for free. If he changes his mind today, it’s not my fault. We don’t want to lose the best player in the world for free, that’s very clear.’
At least five clubs, including Manchester United, Chelsea, and Tottenham, had reportedly registered their interest in Mbappe before Al-Hilal’s bid blew them out of the water.
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