Sunday morning done deal: Man united finally strike agreement with PSG to complete the signing of Kylian Mbappe on a 5yr deal, medical will hold today as announced by the club
Kylian Mbappe’s Paris Saint-Germain future is up in the air once again, with the French superstar able to leave his current club on a free transfer at the end of the season. He came close to joining Real Madrid previously and continues to be talked up as a future Galactico, but the majority of Express Sport readers think he should join Manchester United.
The future at Old Trafford under Sir Jim Ratcliffe is looking a shade brighter and one way for the Brit to endear himself further to the fans would be to land one of the best players on the planet in Mbappe.
The 25-year-old is reportedly open to playing in the Premier League according to ESPN, especially if Real Madrid fail to match his financial demands. PSG have reportedly offered him a new contract to remain in the French capital worth £86million-a-year but until he signs on the jotted line speculation will run rife.
And Express Sport readers believe that if Mbappe were to leave the Parc des Prince, Old Trafford would be the perfect home. Of the readers who were polled, 30 per cent believe that Mbappe should join United on a free transfer.
The Red Devils received the highest number of votes, just edging Real Madrid who had 29 per cent of the votes. Following in third was Liverpool, who Mbappe’s mother and agent does have an affinity for, as Jurgen Klopp’s outfit took 21 per cent of the votes.
Chelsea and Arsenal both had eight per cent each as relative outsiders for Mbappe’s signature, while Real Madrid’s fierce rivals Barcelona registered four per cent of the votes in what would be a bitter pill to swallow for Carlo Ancelotti’s side.
With Mbappe’s PSG contract up at the end of the season, he is now able to speak to non-French clubs regarding a potential pre-contractual agreement. The Ligue 1 champions are hopeful that he will pen a new deal and commit his long-term future to the club, but Mbappe has insisted that no decision has been made.
“I haven’t made my decision yet,” Mbappe said on January 3. “I haven’t made a choice. With the agreement I had with the president in the summer, my decision is not important as we managed to protect all the parties and preserved the serenity of the club for the challenges to come, which is the most important. So we will say that it [the decision] is secondary.”
Despite fans believing that he would be a perfect fit in the red half of Manchester, it is unlikely that United will have the financial muscle to match Mbappe’s demands, especially considering FFP restrictions.
