Kylian Mbappé says he wants to leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the campaign after seven years in the French capital.

Mbappé’s 17-year-old brother, Ethan, who made his PSG debut on his older sibling’s 25th birthday in December, is likely to be part of the environment as well as Senny Mayulu another 17-year-old who has also shone in his appearances with the first team.

On Friday, as his squad prepared for the Ligue 1 game at Nantes, Enrique refused to comment on Mbappé’s situation.

“When the interested parties talk about it then I will say something,” said the 53-year-old Spaniard.

“I am trying to make the team better and that’s what I will continue to do.

“As I said when I arrived last summer, the team is more important than any one player or any one individual.”

Inevitably, a power struggle will take place among the PSG executives who want the squad to boast glossy star names such as the Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah or Rafael Leão from AC Milan and those who want a more organically grown group to which fans can relate.

Mbappé was the nexus: very good and from just down the road. Bondy, the town where he grew up, lies some 20 km north-east of the Parc des Princes.

“If you are based in Paris and you are the biggest team in France by a million miles, then you should be able to have the pick of the talent in the area around you,” said Wilson.

“You probably want two or three players coming in from the academy to be first team players.

“I don’t think it should be a question of doing away with big stars,” Wilson added. “It is having big stars who are committed to the collective.”

Over the past two years, Mbappé’s prevarication has seemed self-serving. His departure would end a soap opera and terminate the tizzies.

Last July, Mbappé was not allowed to train with the first team squad nor go on a tour of Japan because PSG bosses wanted him to extend his contract until 2025 or accept to be sold immediately.

By the middle of August, Mbappé was back with the first team.

His announcement in February 2024 replicates his stance of July 2023.

It is understood neither PSG nor Real Madrid will make an official announcement until their 2024 Champions League campaigns are concluded. 

For PSG that has – to the chagrin of their fans – been in the last-16 of late.

But following a 2-0 first leg victory on 14 February over Real Sociedad courtesy of goals from Mbappé and Bradley Barcola, they might progress to the latter stages where they could meet Madrid. 

Ultimately, a Champions League final in which the boy from Bondy scores the winning goal would at least provide an instant response to the query: “What has Kylian Mbappéever done for us?”