OK Diario said that despite being ‘betrayed’ by Kylian Mbappe last summer, Real Madrid still believes in the promise of the French striker once again: not renewing PSG and will come for free next summer.

This source also emphasized that Real Madrid remained calm and did not rush, even though they knew that there would be serious opponents, with more money from the Premier League, jumping in.

They believe Mbappe ‘chose’ to play football at the Bernabeu, similar to Jude Bellingham, despite Pep Guardiola spending 3 hours persuading the English international to return to Man City.

However, there is one sticking point between Mbappe and Real Madrid that needs to be resolved for the relationship between them to take place: image rights.

According to Meritocracia Blanca, Mbappe has one main request: to keep 100% of his image rights.

In 2022, Real Madrid reached an agreement with the PSG star, with him retaining 80% of image rights, and the club 20%. This has also been considered an exception at the Bernabeu, to compensate for the fact that Mbappe receives a lower salary than in Paris.

Real Madrid is said to want to keep the above ratio, so we will have to wait and see if Mbappe agrees. In case President Perez decides not to give in, the Vultures have a plan B, with other goals to replace Mbappe.

Meanwhile, the French press reported that PSG is increasingly less optimistic that Mbappe will renew and stay in Paris longer after this season. Previously, in order to return to training and competition, Mbappe was allowed to accept a large amount of loyalty bonus.