Paris: French World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe brushed aside questions about his future at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday when he said "it's not the time to make waves" over contract talks. The 21-year-old striker, long linked with a move to Real Madrid, insisted his mind was only on helping PSG defend their Ligue 1 title and chase an elusive Champions League triumph. "For now, I am ready to play football," Mbappe said after scoring in his team's 6-1 rout of St Etienne in the French League Cup quarter-finals.

"It is January, it's the start of the final sprint where there are titles to play for. Therefore it's not the moment to make waves." Mbappe has a deal at PSG which runs until 2022. Recruited in the summer of 2017 for 180 million euros ($202 million) from Monaco, Mbappe is now believed to be worth 265 million euros, according to the Swiss-based International Centre for Sports Studies.