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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Paris Saint-Germain have left Kylian Mbappe out of their squad for a pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea, casting further doubt on the forward’s future at the French champions.<\/p>\n

PSG gave no reason for the omission of France’s captain but 24-year-old Mbappe has said for weeks that he is refusing to sign a new contract.<\/p>\n

His omission will fuel fresh speculation that he could leave to join Real Madrid before next season.<\/p>\n

The forward declared in May that he did not want to extend his PSG contract, which expires next year, but indicated he wanted to remain at the club for a final season.<\/p>\n

“I still have a year left on my contract and I am going to honour my contract,” he said.<\/p>\n

That would allow him to become a free agent next summer and leave PSG for nothing, a prospect that club president Nasser al-Khelaifi said was “impossible”.<\/p>\n

“We can’t let the best player in the world today leave for free,” Khelaifi said.<\/p>\n

Khelaifi even gave Mbappe an ultimatum of a “maximum two weeks” to make his decision — sign a new contract or leave this summer. That date corresponds roughly with the departure of the team for Asia on Saturday.<\/p>\n

When training resumed on July 15, Khelaifi again asked the Mbappe camp to clarify the situation. But he has not received a response, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told AFP.<\/p>\n

Mbappe has been taking part in the club’s pre-season preparations and played the last 30 minutes and scored as PSG entertained Le Havre in a training ground friendly on Friday.<\/p>\n

Mbappe, the club’s all-time top scorer with 212 goals in 260 appearances, remains the second most expensive player in history.<\/p>\n

He was still a teenager when he joined PSG on a season-long loan from Monaco in August 2017.<\/p>\n

The move turned into a permanent transfer the following year in a 180-million-euro ($200 million) deal.<\/p>\n

The 29-player PSG squad that flies east will include Mbappe’s younger brother, 16-year-old Ethan Mbappe, as well as Neymar, the Brazilian whose transfer fee of 222 million euros in 2017 is the world record.<\/p>\n

Madrid bound? <\/b><\/p>\n

In a letter PSG sent to Mbappe on July 3, the club expressed a feeling of betrayal, saying it had “helped you” and “supported your family since you were a teenager”.<\/p>\n

The club said Mbappe was not choosing the “win-win” solution — extend and not leave for free or accept a transfer.<\/p>\n

“This is how all the great players, like you, left their club,” PSG wrote.<\/p>\n

The club is convinced that Mbappe has already agreed to join Real Madrid for free in June 2024, with the promise of a staggering signing bonus, since the Spanish giants would have saved on the transfer.<\/p>\n

A source involved in the negotiations insists that PSG have already received a 300-million-dollar offer from Saudi Arabia for Mbappe although it is considered unlikely he will go there.<\/p>\n

Mbappe was expected to leave a year ago for Real Madrid when his previous contract came to an end, only to agree a new deal to remain in Paris.<\/p>\n

Having missed out on his signature a year ago, Real would again be chief among his suitors.<\/p>\n

They are in the market for a new forward after reigning Ballon d’Or Karim Benzema ended his 14-year stay in the Spanish capital, opting to move to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Mbappe helped France to World Cup glory in 2018 and has established himself as arguably the leading attacker on the global stage.<\/p>\n

He scored a hat-trick in France’s World Cup final defeat last December to Lionel Messi’s Argentina before helping PSG win a record 11th French title.<\/p>\n

He was the top scorer in Ligue 1 last season with 29 goals and netted 41 in 43 games for his club in all competitions.<\/p>\n

PSG are under new management, with Luis Enrique as coach.<\/p>\n

Their Asian tour opens against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi club Al-Nassr in Osaka on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

PSG then play Cerezo Osaka, also in Osaka, and Inter Milan in Tokyo before finishing off the tour in Busan, South Korea, against Jeonbuk Motors on August 3.<\/p>\n

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