Mbappe may reject a summer transfer unless PSG pays him 150 million euros

If Faiza Lamary succeeds in the complex negotiations she has been conducting this week with Paris Saint-Germain's directors, her case will be studied as a model of success in business schools.

What Kylian Mbappe's mother is discussing in Paris with President Nasser Al-Khelaifi is not as simple as convincing the club to set a price tag on her son.

It also involves relinquishing part of the money to ensure the operation aligns with Kylian's interests, persuading him to move to Real Madrid this summer. This has caused outrage in Qatar, and understandably so.

The situation is highly tense, as expected. Faiza and Mbappe's lawyers have made their position clear: the forward will not activate the optional extension clause for a third season and is determined to fulfill the second season of the contract he signed with PSG.

This means collecting his annual net salary of 60 million euros, along with a loyalty bonus of 90 million euros agreed upon in May last year.

With a total of 150 million euros in his pocket, his plan involves committing to Real Madrid from January 1 onwards and negotiating a transfer bonus of around 100 to 125 million euros as compensation for arriving at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on a free transfer.

PSG feel deceived. They have been leaking for days that if they can't convince their star to renew, they will offload him. However, it's not that simple. For a transfer to happen, all three parties involved need to agree.

This is where Mbappe sets his conditions for accepting a transfer. If he gives up the 150 million euros guaranteed by his contract until June 1, 2024, and if Real Madrid or any other club he goes to have to pay a high transfer fee, that club would also not be liable to pay a transfer bonus for the player.

Neither Mbappe nor Lamary are willing to lose such significant amounts of money, which is understandable.

Therefore, if PSG want to cash in on him to recoup his transfer fee and save on his salary and loyalty bonus, they will have no choice but to give in to his demands. In Paris and Qatar, they know that the final say in this arduous negotiations rests with the player, regardless of how many ultimatums they issue.

One option is to significantly lower the transfer figure to compensate Mbappe for forgoing the loyalty bonus. Several media reports suggest that PSG may consider asking for 200 million euros, which was the figure Madrid offered in their last offer at the end of August 2021, when they received no response from PSG and relations between the two clubs deteriorated.

If not, only one solution remains: Mbappe will fulfill his contract and leave next year without earning a single euro going to PSG.

Meanwhile, the player's mother is already aware that the conditions offered by Real Madrid are the same as those negotiated two years ago including an annual salary between 25 and 30 million euros and 125 million euros as a signing-on bonus only payable upon his arrival on a free transfer, without the club having to pay a significant transfer fee.

Predicting a solution to this complicated situation is no easy task. On one side, we have Faiza Lamary, an exemplary negotiator who, as a trained lawyer, possesses an extraordinary ability to secure the most advantageous conditions for her son, the world's best football player.

Her determination and economic acumen bring to mind the contentious negotiations between Leo Messi and his father with Josep Bartomeu's Barcelona. Lamary is well aware that she holds the best hand in this poker game and is in no rush to reveal her cards.