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Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid THIS SUMMER back on!
Kylian Mbappe could move to Real Madrid this summer after all, despite making his return to the Paris Saint-Germain first-team picture at the weekend.
Mbappe had previously been excluded from PSG's pre-season trip to Japan and South Korea with the club firmly in the belief that their star player had agreed to join Madrid on a free at the end of the season.
But he returned on Saturday, coming off the bench to score a penalty in the French champions' 1-1 draw away to Toulouse. It seemed the frost between Mbappe and Nasser Al-Khelaifi had thawed.. but the player still hasn't extended his contract.
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And now Real hope to get the player for a knockdown price at the end of the summer transfer window, according to SportBild.
Mbappe confirms what PSG already knew:
He's leaving 👋 pic.twitter.com/P43iLE95Qj— Football Transfers (@Transfersdotcom) June 13, 2023
Tactical timing
"The Spaniards only want to submit their offer at the very end of the transfer window (until 1 September) in order to avoid a poker game and to put pressure on Paris," reports Axel Hesse.
"Perhaps not until 29 or 30 August. The offer should be around €120 million. Real have had the framework in place for his transfer for weeks."
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Real would clearly prefer to sign the payer for free a year from now, but there is a risk he extends with PSG as he did last May when they thought his arrival was a matter of course, or that a Premier League giant like Manchester United swoops.
Whilst €120m is a significant outlay, Mbappe is valued at €135m by FootballTransfers' in-house algorithm and has an ETV of €162.5m, and the opportunity cost of waiting until next summer could prove yet bigger.
How Real would fund the transfer remains unclear. They spent €103m on Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham this summer and also have to pay for an extensive redevelopment of their Santiago Bernabeu home.