Liverpool are real contenders to sign PSG striker Kylian Mbappe next summer. However, to make that come true, they will have to accept parting ways with Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool will have the opportunity to win Mbappe with one condition
Kylian Mbappe’s contract with PSG will expire in June 2024 and will be free to negotiate with other clubs from January 1, 2024. This looks like it will be Mbappe’s last season at PSG after negotiations with the club failed in the summer. In recent years, Real Madrid has always been the leading team in the race to win Mbappe’s signature, but Liverpool is also a possible option, after negotiations between the player and Jurgen Klopp in 2017.
In an interview with talkSPORT, L’Equipe journalist Loic Tanzi affirmed that Liverpool has a great chance to recruit Mbappe – but only if Madrid withdraws from the race: “Liverpool has wanted Mbappe since he was still playing for Monaco. Coach Klopp came to meet Mbappe and they negotiated on the plane. The relationship between Mbappe, Liverpool and Klopp still exists. I think they have a chance. If Real decides to give up and doesn’t want him anymore, I think Liverpool has a chance.”
Mbappe’s decision revolves around winning the Champions League, thereby gaining a great advantage in the race to win the Golden Ball. Tanzi also shared more about this issue: “Mbappe loves Paris Saint-Germain. Winning the Champions League in Paris is more important than winning the Champions League in Madrid.
Winning a Champions League trophy here is more important than winning 2-3 championships at Real or Liverpool. So I think they can convince him to stay – because the new project is being built around Mbappe. That’s what Mbappe wants. Mbappe wants to have the feeling that PSG can win the Champions League, if that doesn’t happen, he will leave immediately.”