Arsenal French legend Thierry Henry has admitted that Kylian Mbappe's decision to stay with Paris Saint-Germain surprised him, while he did not hesitate to talk about his rejection of Real Madrid.

Mbappe turned down an offer from Real Madrid to sign a new three-year deal with PSG a few days ago.

The former Arsenal and Barcelona striker explained why Mbappa's stay in the country is important for both Ligue 1 and the French national team.

"Of course, Kylian decided to stay.

It is massive for French football.

I thought he would leave.

"I think everyone thought he would go, even he himself," Henry initially told

Goal

.

"I think he has changed his mind.

"I do not know exactly what prompted him to change his mind, because I did not see what he said."

"There must have been something deep in some discussions.

I saw that some people were calling him.

"Apparently, Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, called him to stay, it was madness."

"Hopefully this shows where PSG wants to go, because normally, one thing is for sure: when you play for a big club, you do not leave a big club;

the big club gets rid of you when you are old ”.

"When you are still at your peak, you do not leave.

He decided to stay.

"He definitely has the club in his heart."

"People will talk about what he will get in terms of money and power, but I would like to think that if you think so long about something, the money would have come everywhere anyway, wherever he went, but he wanted to. to stay ”.

"So in France, everyone, everyone was happy, because that's what you have to do first and foremost as a team."

"If you want to be successful, you can not let that guy go.

If you let that guy go, you will not find such a guy in the corner… or on the outskirts of Paris!

"Having said that, we were all happy that he stayed," the Frenchman concluded.

/ Telegraphy /