The Mirror reported that today, January 22. The transfer link between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) star Kylian Mbappe is not going away, even as Real Madrid continues its efforts to bring the 2018 World Cup winner to the Bernabeu, writes Mirror.
When Kylian Mbappe’s contract with PSG is about to end, many Liverpool fans remember the time when Mbappe visited Anfield a few years ago and eagerly hoped that the French superstar would join Jurgen Klopp’s army.
Liverpool is not the leading team in the race to win Mbappe’s signature. Real Madrid was very interested in Mbappe in 2022, before PSG tied the French star player to a large-money contract extension. Currently, PSG is still trying to convince Mbappe to extend his contract with a salary of up to 86 million pounds/year.
PSG decided not to give up on Mbappe in the face of Real Madrid’s “stalking”. PSG sees Mbappe as the leader in a new project revolving around young players and their French stars. Last summer, amid the conflict between PSG and Mbappe, wealthy Saudi Arabia was also interested in owning Mbappe. But the possibility of Mbappe coming to the Saudi Pro League is not high.
Meanwhile, Liverpool fans still hope that the home team can successfully buy Mbappe, even if their chances are very slim. Back in 2020, Klopp spoke with Kylian Mbappe’s father, Wilfrid Mbappe. At that time, Klopp hoped to bring Mbappe to Liverpool.
Kylian Mbappe shared in January 2020 after Liverpool came close to winning the Premier League that year: “What Liverpool did at this time was amazing. They were like a machine, they found their rhythm and said “we are back”.
Liverpool has not lost a match yet. When you watch them play, you think everything is easy but it’s not easy. Liverpool players are very focused, they play every three days and they win, they win, they win.
The problem now is that everyone watches Liverpool and everyone watches what we can do against them. Now Liverpool have to prove they are strong again but it is a very good team with a very good manager.”
A few months later, French newspaper Le10Sport reported that Jurgen Klopp called to talk to Kylian Mbappe’s father, Mr. Wilfrid Mbappe. Le10Sport affirmed that Klopp’s motivation has two purposes: First, Klopp personally wants to share Liverpool’s vision for Mbappe and second, clarify Liverpool’s interest in the contract agreement with Mbappe.