DEBATE – The sports writing of the Figaro is shared following the revelations of the Parisian on the XXL contract of the PSG star.
No it’s not indecent
By Christophe Discount
What is indecent is to speak of indecency. Admittedly, the amounts mentioned are crazy, pharaonic, almost surreal. But a player like Kylian Mbappé is priceless. In 1989, the late Bernard Tapie said this about the salary he intended to offer Diego Maradona at OM, on TF1: “20 million (francs) per year. And it’s a gift! It’s strictly zero, it’s nothing. It’s a lot less than when you give 50,000 to a Laval player!The logic is exactly the same here. Obviously, other arguments had to be found to convince the 23-year-old world champion to stay in Paris last summer, but the Qatari leaders show their attachment to the number of zeros. Mbappé knows it. It is therefore neither surprising nor indecent to see them bend over backwards…
Especially since Qatar is not lacking in liquidity and PSG has not dipped into the pockets of the taxpayer in order to fill those of “KM”. On the contrary ! According…
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