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Mbappe AGREED €200m Liverpool move
Robin Bairner
- 11 Sept 2024 07:45 BST
- 3 min read
Kylian Mbappe completed a transfer to Real Madrid in the summer, but the former PSG striker had previously agreed to complete a move to Liverpool.
Mbappe has signed a contract worth around €15 million a year on the next five seasons with the Bernabeu side, who also paid a bonus of €100m to sign the France international star.
His career could have been very different had Liverpool got their way.
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Current ETV
Kylian Mbappé
F (C)
Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé
F (C)
Real Madrid
ETV Range
€115.4M - €192.4M
L’Equipe reports that Mbappe’s disappointment in PSG’s sporting project in 2022 led him to consider a move away from the club just weeks after signing a contract extension. In particular, he was frustrated that the Parc des Princes outfit failed to land either Bernardo Silva or Robert Lewandowski in that transfer window and submitted a transfer request.
It is stated by the French source that Liverpool sent PSG a €200 million offer for Mbappe, and the player had even reached an agreement over a contract with the Anfield club.
This is said to have been a “short-term” deal, “allowing Mbappe to join Real Madrid in the medium term, as he then wished”.
PSG, however, knocked back Liverpool’s offer. Sporting director at the time Antero Henrique had told the Reds to come back with a €400m offer.
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Commenting on the situation, an unnamed source at PSG denies this version of events.
“Liverpool never came with a written offer,” the club says. “And Liverpool were never able to get this money.
“As soon as Mbappe renewed his contract, we agreed that in the event of an interesting offer for the player and the club, a solution would be found.”
“After 2022, the only serious offer came from Saudi Arabia and was accepted by the club.”
Mbappe on Klopp
What had been made public previously is Mbappe’s admiration of former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and the style of football he employed at Anfield.
Speaking to the BBC in 2020, Mbappe said: “This season, Liverpool have been a machine in the Premier League. They have made winning look easy but the truth is that it is never easy.
“Performances, like they have been having, don't just happen. To be as ruthless as they have been would come from lots of hard work in training and from having a very good manager.”
