OSAKA
\nParis Saint-Germain captain Marquinhos said Sunday he hoped the club would solve its dispute with Kylian Mbappe and welcome the France superstar back into the squad for the upcoming season.
\nMbappe was left out of a squad of 29 players for the French champions\u2019 pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea amid an ongoing contract dispute.
\n\u201cHe is an exceptional player but it is a decision that was taken over our heads, by the management,\u201d Marquinhos told reporters in the Japanese city of Osaka.
\nHe admitted it was a \u201cdelicate\u201d subject.
\n\u201cEven in Japan you are here with your questions,\u201d he complained, although new coach Luis Enrique, sitting alongside the Brazilian, escaped without being asked about Mbappe.
\n\u201cWe always want to have top players with us and I hope a decision will be taken to allow him to be with us and help us this season,\u201d Marquinhos added.
\nThe 24-year-old Mbappe has said he will not extend his existing deal with the Qatar-owned club, which expires next year, and PSG therefore decided not to take him on the trip east.
\nHe has said he wants to remain in Paris for one more year, but PSG say they would prefer to sell him in this transfer window rather than seeing him depart as a free agent in 2024.
\nThe move can therefore be interpreted as PSG putting pressure on the club\u2019s all-time top scorer to either sign a new deal or agree a transfer elsewhere.
\nLuis Enrique therefore faces the prospect of having to do without PSG\u2019s leading scorer from last season at least until the transfer window shuts at the start of September.
\nMbappe first joined PSG from Monaco in August 2017 and signed a new deal a year ago, that two-year contract including the option for a third season, to 2025, which the player could take up if he wished.
\nPSG believe that the player already has an agreement in place with Real Madrid to sign for the Spanish giants as a free agent after the upcoming season.
\nSources close to the player also assure that he has a huge offer from a club in Saudi Arabia, although a move there seems highly unlikely.
\nPSG, without Mbappe but with his younger brother Ethan, are due to face Al-Nassr, the Saudi club for whom Cristiano Ronaldo plays, in a friendly in Osaka on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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