Against all expectations, the French press announced on Sunday evening a verbal agreement between Kylian Mbappé and Real Madrid. Very quickly, the news went viral to the point where the world champion’s entourage was forced to break their silence.
The story surrounding Kylian Mbappé’s transfer to Real Madrid could be about to end. According to journalist Santi Aouna from Foot Mercato, the Bondynois has reached an agreement with Real Madrid in recent days. The player is at the end of his contract and can freely sign for the madridistas.
And according to Foot Mercato, the French international has this time agreed to say “yes” to the Merengue club, after years of hesitation to join Real Madrid, whom he has followed since his childhood (Mbappé is a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo during his time at Real).
According to the same portal, Kylian Mbappé wants to leave PSG at the end of the season and is ready to take a risk. He has played for PSG since 2017, when he left Monaco for the Parisian club for 180 million euros.
Agreement with Real Madrid? The Mbappé clan speaks
Faced with the persistent rumor about the agreement between Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappé, the entourage of the captain of the France team officially broke the silence this Monday morning to provide details.
Indeed, the Mbappé clan denied this Monday that the vice captain of PSG had “any agreement” with Real Madrid. In a press release from Kylian Mbappé’s entourage sent to RMC Sport, we can also read the assurance that “nothing will distract” the player.
“There is no agreement on Kylian’s future, especially since there have been no negotiations in this sense. No influence of any kind could also dictate the timing of Kylian’s discussion, reflection or decision,” reads the note sent to the French newspaper.
For its part, Real Madrid remained imperturbable and refused to comment on the Mbappé file. In the summer of 2021, the club found itself in the same configuration and began negotiations with the player. There was even an agreement, but in the end, the player trained at AS Monaco preferred to continue with PSG by accepting an extension. Today, Mbappé wants to play for time according to the explanations of those around him and for the moment, has not yet decided anything.
Real Madrid prefer Erling Haaland
The winter transfer market is officially open, but Real Madrid are already looking ahead to the winter window, where the priority will be to offer Carlo Ancelotti, who recently extended his contract, a new option in attack.
Kylian Mbappé, at the end of his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, remains the priority. However, according to information this Monday from the Spanish newspaper As, the board of directors led by Florentino Pérez has already indicated that it will only wait until January 15 to give a response.
If this answer does not arrive by then, the number one “target” will be… Erling Haaland, the main offensive target of Manchester City, who, according to the same newspaper, could leave the Etihad for a lesser sum provided that.
The Norwegian international has a release clause worth 200 million euros, which however is only valid for Premier League clubs. For foreign clubs, this clause “is much closer to 100 million euros than 200”.
In addition, in the current configuration of Carlo Ancelotti’s squad, Erling Haaland will fit in better than Kylian Mbappé. The Frenchman hates playing at the forefront of the attack and prefers the left side, owned by Vinicius Jr. But Real Madrid needs a center forward to finally replace Karim Benzema who left for Al Ittihad.
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