‘Betrayed’ PSG star ready to ‘pack up and go’ to Man United as Real Madrid blow Perez’s ‘wet dream’
Manchester United could sign Kylian Mbappe in January after Real Madrid blew their chance to sign him, according to reports.
It was revealed on Sunday that Mbappe – who has also been linked with Liverpool, Chelsea and others – has been reintegrated back into Paris Saint-Germain’s first-team squad following “very constructive and positive discussions” between the club and their star asset.
The France captain’s future has been the subject of intense speculation all summer amid his preference of a move to Real Madrid and he was recently barred from senior training amid a fraught stand-off.
He watched on from the stands as PSG began their Ligue 1 title defence in underwhelming fashion with a goalless draw against Lorient on Saturday.
PSG said in a statement on their social channels: “Following very constructive and positive discussions between Paris St Germain and Kylian Mbappe before the PSG-Lorient game, the player has been reinstated into the first-team training squad this morning.”
Mbappe, who had been given permission to speak to Al Hilal after the Saudi Pro League club tabled a world-record bid of £259million last month, has just one year left to run on his existing PSG deal.
He has so far refused any extension and would be able to negotiate a free transfer in January but it has been reported he will commit to PSG until 2025, allowing the club to sell him to Real next summer.
The 2018 World Cup winner, who is PSG’s all-time leading scorer with 212 goals in just 260 appearances, could come into the reckoning for head coach Luis Enrique this weekend at Toulouse.
And now Spanish publication Nacional claim that Mbappe’s mother, who also acts as his agent, feels ‘betrayed’ by Real Madrid and the La Liga side made her angry by failing to ‘pay enough’ to take the France international to Spain.
Mbappe’s representatives now think what Real Madrid offer in the future, in terms of wages, ‘will continue to be insufficient’ and his mother is ‘already making a move for when her son is a free agent’.
It is now understood that Mbappe has ‘two options on the table today’ with the Frenchman – who is described as Florentino Perez’s ‘wet dream’ – able to sign terms on a free transfer as early as January.
He can ‘continue at PSG’ or the other option ‘is to pack up and go to Manchester United to become the new franchise star at Old Trafford and try to dismantle the hegemony of Pep Guardiola ‘s Manchester City’.
