Kylian Mbappe left out of Paris St-Germain's pre-season trip to Asia

July 22: Kylian Mbappe has been left out of Paris St-Germain's squad for their pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea.

The club's all-time leading goalscorer is refusing to sign a year's extension to his contract which ends next summer. PSG therefore wants to sell the French forward now and secure a transfer fee rather than let him go for nothing.

Mbappe, however, has said he wants to remain with PSG for one more year before leaving upon the expiration of his current deal. He is widely believed to be aiming to join Real Madrid for nothing at the end of the upcoming season.

The striker remains the second most expensive player ever, joining PSG in 2017 in a transfer worth £165.7m. The World Cup winner has scored 212 goals in 260 games since arriving from AS Monaco.

Another of PSG's star forwards, Lionel Messi, has already departed this summer. The Argentine, whose country beat Mbappe's France in the final of the World Cup in Qatar last December, has joined Inter Miami in Major League Soccer.

(BBC)