Kylian Mbappe seeks PSG exit in January amid broken relationship with club - sources

Kylian Mbappe is pushing to leave Paris Saint-Germain in January as his relationship with the club has broken down, sources have confirmed to ESPN.

The news comes just five months after Mbappe signed a new contract with PSG, with sources saying the 23-year-old feels at odds with the club's direction on and off the pitch.

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Sources said Mbappe thinks promises made by sporting director Luis Campos, president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and manager Christophe Galtier have not been kept.

One of the promises was that Mbappe would play with a No. 9 next to him in attack who could play as a pivot, but this has not happened. The World Cup winner with France was also told that PSG would recruit another centre-back, which did not happen in the summer, while Mbappe's relationship with Neymar has deteriorated.

Sources told ESPN the Ligue 1 champions were open to offers for Neymar in the summer but they could not find a club for him.

Mbappe voiced his concerns in September after France beat Austria in the UEFA Nations League, saying he was having more fun playing for the national team because he had more freedom than at PSG.

And Galtier appeared to acknowledge there were issues with Mbappe in a news conference on Monday.

«I am trying to reassure him by finding different options,» Galtier said. «I don't know what the club told him before I arrived in the summer but we are very sensitive as to how he feels and what he says because he is a very important player for the team.»