Mbappé reveals what the president of France did to make him stay at PSG

Perhaps this summer has been the most complicated in Mbappé's sporting life. His rejection of Real Madrid and the surprising renewal by PSG monopolized the front pages of the press. In an interview, conducted in June in the 'New York Times', the French striker talked about the decision taken, the influence of Macron in it and leaving the door open for Real Madrid in the future.

When everything seemed settled for him to be the idol of the Santiago Bernabeu this season, in addition to the ridiculous money from Qatar, an unexpected character appeared to try and sway Mbappé to stay in Paris: Emmanuel Macron. The president of the French Republic asked him actively and passively not to leave PSG.

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"I never imagined that I would talk to the president about my future, about the future of my career, so it's something crazy, really something crazy," Mbappé commented. He continued, "He told me: 'I want you to stay. I don't want you to leave now. You are very important for the country.'"

Macron, in that conversation, also seemed to make it clear that Mbappé will one day play for Madrid and told him, "You have time to go, you can stay another little bit." To which he replied, "Of course." The French star acknowledged, "When the president tells you that, that counts”.

Mbappé denies rumors of his influence

Many rumors surrounded Mbappé's renewal with PSG. One of the most insistent is that Kylian had many demands to the team, one of them being who would be the coach of the Parisian side and even who he wanted to be his dressing room mates. The striker was upset at the rumors: "That's not my job. And I don't want to do that because I'm not good at it. I'm good on the field. And off the field that's not my role. There are a lot of people who are better than me”.