Verratti: Mbappe's PSG transfer exit reports have 'made me sick'

Marco Verratti joked that the constant speculation around Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe's future has made him "sick", as recent reports indicating the forward would depart to Real Madrid sent him into a tailspin.

The French attacker can leave PSG for free at the end of the season and discussion about his future has hung over the 2021-22 campaign.

GOAL confirmed this week that Mbappe has agreed to join Real Madrid at the end of the season, with an announcement to be made after the Champions League final.

Verratti acknowledges that whatever choice Mbappe makes will be significant for PSG, but he gets annoyed by all the discussion surrounding the 23-year-old.

He told Le Parisien: “It will have an impact on the club, whatever his decision will be. He’s one of the best players on the planet right now so we all want him to stay here. But when I speak with him, it’s more just to have a laugh.

"In football, when you have something on your mind, if a decision is coming up, you don’t talk about it.

"It’s his decision, and I’m waiting for it like you are.

"When I was on my day off and I saw a notification saying that Kylian is in Madrid, it made me sick [laughs].

"Even if afterwards he told me: 'Don’t worry, I was on holiday'. We’re all waiting to find out."

Asked if he gives Mbappe advice about his future, the midfielder said: "No, because he knows what I think.

"I wouldn’t be a good advisor, in any case not an objective one. I wouldn’t be thinking about his own good, but that of everyone here in Paris."

Tensions have been high at PSG this season after their last-16 elimination from the Champions League against Real Madrid.

The French team's fans have jeered at the players in several occasions, aiming their