Fabrizio Romano has delivered a big update on the future of Kylian Mbappe as Liverpool wait anxiously to see what Real Madrid decides to do next over the PSG superstar and amid another big reveal on the future of Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.
Mbappe is arguably the biggest name in the game these days with the 25-year-old seen by many as the natural heir to the title of world’s best player, which has been battled over by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the best part of 15 years. years. And with his contract at PSG due to expire in six months time, the future of Mbappe is starting to dominate transfer gossip columns once again.
Quite where he will end up though remains subject to plenty of speculation and conjecture. For example, Foot Mercato last week mentioned Mbappe had agreed a pre-contract agreement to join Real Madrid with their sources indicating an announcement would come to light soon.
However, Mbappe’s camp took umbrage to that report, insisting the forward has not made any decision on his future at this point in time, while the forward himself also insists he will leave a verdict on his future until the end of the season, also revealing he has not ruled out staying with PSG.
But with the Spanish giants seemingly setting Mbappe a deadline of January 15 to make a decision over a move to the Bernabeu, Mbappe now has just two days to decide on that move if Real are to not pull the plug and withdraw their interest.
Clearly Mbappe will not be held to ransom by Real and it’s reported that his stance at wanting to decide on a move at the season’s end has not gone down well with club officials.
The upshot of Mbappe’s stance now means the Spanish press are extremely belligerent over the chances of Real landing the 25-year-old.
To that end, Mundo Deportivo now reports that Real’s chances of signing Mbappe are already over, while AS now claims club officials would prefer instead to sign Napoli sensation Osimhen.
Of course, the chances of a move to Liverpool are quite remote too, purely down to the hugely-significan wage demands of Mbappe, which range anywhere between £700,000 a week to £1.2m a week. Either way, those sort of demands would act like a sledgehammer to the Reds’ current wages structure.
And to put into context, their top earner is currently Mo Salah on £350,000 a week – a deal that is due to expire in summer 2025.