Arsene Wenger sends PSG warning over Kylian Mbappe

Arsene Wenger has issued a warning to PSG over Kylian Mbappe as Frenchman continues to be linked with a move away.

Arsene Wenger believes Paris Saint-Germain are running out of time to keep Kylian Mbappe at the club.

Mbappe is out of contract at the end of the current season and has been linked with a move to Real Madrid and Liverpool.

Los Blancos tried to sign the Frenchman last year but failed with three bids, and now look frontrunners to sign the World Cup winner on a free this summer.

PSG have been trying to tie Mbappe down to a new deal for a long time, but the 23-year-old looks set to leave the club.

And former Arsenal boss Wenger admitted it will be tough for Mauricio Pochettino’s side to get Mbappe to sign a new deal now.

🎙| Arsene Wenger: “Time plays against PSG. The longer it takes to extend a player, the more difficult it is. There is little time and today, Mbappe can sign with anyone he wants.” @marca
— Madrid Xtra. (@MadridXtra) January 24, 2022

“Time is against PSG,” he told Canal+ (via Marca). “In my experience, when you try to renew a player then the longer it takes the more difficult it becomes.

“I’ve been waiting a year and a half for PSG to manage to renew Mbappe. He is the most indispensable player in PSG’s way of playing.

“But, there is little time left and today the footballer is free to sign wherever he wants. PSG were in a situation where they had a firm offer from Real Madrid. When you reject 180 million euros, even for PSG it still is a huge sum.

“So, when they refused this money, they either said to themselves ‘We need to have a great season, as we have [Lionel] Messi and we can’t afford to lose Mbappe’ or they thought ‘we will manage to convince him to stay’.”