Kylian Mbappe on Thursday mentioned staying at Paris Saint-Germain was his “only option for now” after the France celebrity informed the membership he wouldn’t be extending his contract past 2024. “I’ve already answered this question, I said that my goal was to carry on at the club, to stay at PSG, it’s my only option for now,” Mbappe informed a information convention forward of Friday’s Euro 2024 qualifier in opposition to Gibraltar in Portugal. Mbappe earlier this week despatched a letter to the membership confirming he wouldn’t take up an possibility to stay on the French champions till 2025.

“I didn’t think a letter could kill or offend someone,” Mbappe mentioned on Friday.

He informed AFP he had by no means mentioned extending his contract with PSG past subsequent 12 months.

That instantly raised the prospect of the 24-year-old ahead, probably the most coveted gamers in world soccer, following Lionel Messi out of Parc des Princes this summer time.

Mbappe mentioned he wasn’t stunned by strategies PSG might look to money in by promoting him now, fairly than permitting him to depart for nothing on the finish of subsequent season.

“No, there’s not much that shocks me,” he mentioned.

The France captain additionally denied interfering with the nationwide workforce’s preparations by sending the letter 4 days earlier than the Gibraltar fixture.

“I accept everything, people can talk, criticise, I understand,” he mentioned. “People don’t have all the ins and outs. I know why I do what I do and I say what I say. There’s no problem with that.”

“I have a responsiblity as captain. A few noises won’t make me run away from this responsibility. It’s not my temperament to run away,” he added.

Mbappe additionally touched upon feedback from President Emmanuel Macron, who on Wednesday mentioned he would “try to push” for the participant to remain in France.

“He wants for me to stay in Paris and my goal is to stay, so we’re on the same wavelength,” mentioned Mbappe.

After taking part in Gibraltar in Faro, World Cup runners-ups France host Greece on Monday in Group B of Euro 2024 qualifying.

Mbappe was named as France’s new captain earlier than they started Euro qualifying in March with wins over the Netherlands and Ireland.

With the Dutch at the moment centered on the Nations League finals, France can all however wrap up qualification by claiming back-to-back victories.

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