Transfer Talk – PSG to offer Mbappe captaincy in latest effort to keep France forward in Paris

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TOP STORY: Could captaincy keep Mbappe at PSG?

The contract saga surrounding Kylian Mbappe continues to rumble on as the days on his deal count down.

L’Equipe reports that Paris Saint-Germain are willing to offer Mbappe the club captaincy in an attempt to keep the 23-year-old forward at the Parc des Princes for the long term. The development comes as the France international confirmed on Sunday that he was still undecided on his future.

The former AS Monaco starlet has scored 15 goals and added 10 assists in 26 Ligue 1 appearances this season. Few performances have been better than his two-legged appearance against Real Madrid in the Champions League, though, where his side capitulated in the closing stages to get knocked out.

However, it is Los Blancos themselves who are most heavily linked with Mbappe, eyeing a move to strengthen their forward line for the future. His ability to speak Spanish and talks of a dream move to LaLiga have also added fuel to the fire of a potential move to the Bernabeu.

If Mbappe was to stay, he would take over the captaincy from Marquinhos. The 27-year-old Brazil international has spent nine years in the French capital, one of the club’s longest-serving players, but the changing of captaincy would be a show of faith in the PSG No. 7 and a last attempt to keep him in Paris.

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