Ancelotti sends Mbappe a Real Madrid transfer message after Vini Jr injury

Robin Bairner

• 26 Aug 2023 10:33 BST
• 3 min read

Real Madrid suffered another injury setback on Friday as they saw Vinicius Junior limp out of their LaLiga encounter with Celta, prompting head coach Carlo Ancelotti to send Kylian Mbappe a transfer message after the game.

Mbappe has persistently been linked with a move to Real Madrid all summer, having gone to war with PSG over his contract, which he refused to take up an option in to extend his deal at Parc des Princes until 2025.

As such, he is destined to be a free agent next summer and PSG believe he already has a verbal deal in place with Real Madrid.

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There remains uncertainty over Mbappe’s future, despite the player being welcomed back to the PSG squad, with the possibility of a summer transfer to Real Madrid never entirely disappearing.

Ancelotti has done his best to dispel these rumours and insisted that even after Vini Jr exited the 1-0 win over Celta on Friday that the club have no plans to recruit the 2018 World Cup winner.

“Vinicius’ injury will not force us to sign players. The team is complete,” he insisted, despite the fact that Real Madrid saw Karim Benzema depart in the summer and have suffered a string of serious injury problems, with Thibaut Courtois and Eder Militao both expected to miss much of the season.

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"No signings? Our attack is complete. The numbers speak for themselves. We are scoring goals without Benzema and Vinicius.

“We can win without Vinicius, Benzema, Courtois, Militao.”

The duration of Vini Junior’s absence, meanwhile, has yet to be ascertained.

PSG’s Mbappe plans

Mbappe will play his first match at Parc des Princes following his battle with PSG on Saturday when the club hosts Lens in a vital Ligue 1 encounter.

PSG’s actions towards the player will be determined by just what type of welcome he receives during the game, FootMercato reports, but if last weekend’s clash against Toulouse is anything to go by, Mbappe will be accepted by the supporters with open arms. This reaction will determine the club’s moves going forward.