The situation
All Mbappe roads seemed to lead to Madrid, but at the last minute he took a roundabout that took him back to PSG . “Mbappé transmitted to the whole world his desire, his dream to play for Real Madrid. And that has been publicly stated. We wanted to do it in August, it was not possible, they did not let him. A long time passed, we had to wait a year, that year passed and 15 days before the situation changed. This is how Florentino Pérez explained what happened to Bondy’s attacker in his internationally commented intervention at El Chiringuito. Florentino made it clear at all times that he does not hold a grudge against the Parisian star and understands the complicated dilemma he had to deal with: “The situation changed, I think because of political pressure and also economic pressure . There was a lock and I think he did the easiest thing to unlock.” “When circumstances change and a person makes a decision, you have to respect it. He has not come because he has not wanted to. If everyone pressures you, at 23 you block yourself ”, he justified again later. Emmanuel Macron, president of the Republic of France, and Nicolas Sarkozy interceded, with calls that added a lot of weight to the Paris-Madrid balance that occupied a large part of Kylian’s brain.
The change
Mbappé communicated his decision to the president by a message, at that moment, Florentino took the opportunity to clarify that Madrid was no longer willing to move forward: “He told me in a message and I wish him luck. But at that time we were no longer interested in him.” Why? “No player in the history of Real Madrid has ever been above the others. We are not going to make any exception that puts the management of the collective at risk” , added the top white leader. The message was clear: to sign for Madrid in the future, it will have to be under the club’s conditions. Mbappé in the future? Yes, but conditional.The one from the XIX District of Paris wanted to have total control of his image rights , something that came out of the norm in which Madrid moves 50/50.