{"id":74896,"date":"2023-11-10T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/pl-clubs-on-red-alert-after-bombshell-backflip-claim-in-footballs-biggest-transfer-saga\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T01:05:00","slug":"pl-clubs-on-red-alert-after-bombshell-backflip-claim-in-footballs-biggest-transfer-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/pl-clubs-on-red-alert-after-bombshell-backflip-claim-in-footballs-biggest-transfer-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"PL clubs on red alert after bombshell backflip claim in football\u2019s biggest transfer saga"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Football\u2019s biggest transfer saga has taken a massive twist with a bombshell report claiming Real Madrid has pulled out of the race for French superstar Kylian Mbappe.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old, who finished third in the voting for the Ballon d\u2019Or \u2013 football\u2019s highest individual honour \u2013 has long been linked with a move to the Santiago Bernabeau.<\/p>\n

But CadenaSER<\/a> reports that the Spanish giants have now ruled out a bid for the talismanic Paris Saint-Germain forward at the end of the season \u2013 even if he is available on a free transfer.<\/p>\n

That would put Premier League clubs on red alert over a bombshell transfer swoop for one of the world\u2019s finest players.<\/p>\n

Mbappe has been Madrid\u2019s number one transfer target for the last two seasons, and appeared close to a move in 2022 and again this year.<\/p>\n

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PSG this week suffered their first Champions League defeat of the season, losing 2-1 to AC Milan.<\/span>Source: AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Paris star had a monumental fallout with the French champions in the off-season after refusing to sign a contract extension on his current deal, which expires at the end of the present season and would see PSG lose the star player in June 2024 without receiving a transfer fee.<\/p>\n

Mbappe\u2019s refusal to extend his contract was widely seen as the player pushing for a move to Madrid. Indeed, PSG insiders revealed that the club believed he already had an agreement in place to move to the Spanish club on a free transfer in 2024.<\/p>\n

PSG responded by dropping him from all first-team duties \u2013 forcing him to train with other unwanted players or juniors, leaving him out of the pre-season trip to Japan, and exiling him from the senior squad\u2019s dressing room. He was also removed from the list of first-team players on the club website and banners featuring his face taken down from the exterior of the stadium.<\/p>\n

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They were suddenly willing to sell their star man (rather than lose him for free 12 months later) \u2013 and even accepted a world-record fee of \u00a3259m from Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. Mbappe rejected that move, seemingly hoping Madrid would move up their timeline and sign him immediately.<\/p>\n

Madrid were unwilling to make a move \u2013 though they had a figure around \u00a3100 million set aside \u2013 unless the player publicly declared his intention to leave PSG for Madrid.<\/p>\n

Mbappe refused, and his icy standoff with PSG thawed when Neymar left for Saudi Arabia and Mbappe\u2019s good friend Ousmane Dembele signed from Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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Madrid \u2013 and particularly manager Carlo Ancelotti \u2013 were reportedly furious at what they viewed as a backflip from the French superstar.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Mbappe moving to Madrid in 2024 was viewed as a near-certainty. <\/p>\n

The player was expected to sign a one-year contract extension with PSG with a guarantee that he would be sold in 2024. Other reports stated that Mbappe would not sign a new contract, but would instead waive a massive loyalty bonus included in his PSG contract.<\/p>\n

90min claimed that Mbappe would give up an \u20ac80 million (\u00a368m) bonus he is owed over the course of the season (before tax, that would be a saving of \u20ac100m (\u00a385m) for PSG).<\/p>\n

In the past fortnight, there were widespread reports that Madrid were already in negotiations over a contract with Mbappe.<\/p>\n

But Madrid shut down those reports in a strongly-worded statement that read: \u201cGiven information in the media about negotiations between the player Kylian Mbappe and our club, Real Madrid state that this information is categorically false. Negotiations have not taken place with a player who belongs to PSG.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And today, a bombshell report from CadenaSER<\/a> claimed that Madrid have totally ruled out a move for Mbappe due to three main reasons.<\/p>\n

The first is Mbappe\u2019s massive wage demands, with the Frenchman demanding a reported salary of \u20ac20 million per year \u2013 more than double the \u20ac9m per season that Madrid\u2019s new star signing Jude Bellingham earns (per the report).<\/p>\n

With Mbappe turning 25 next month, he would also be a departure from their transfer policy that priorities younger signings. <\/p>\n

That includes an already-finalised deal for Brazil\u2019s superstar teenager Endrick, who will sign in June 2024 for a reported transfer fee of 35 million euros plus another 25 million euros in add-ons. <\/p>\n

Look at the major transfers Real Madrid has landed recently: 20-year-old Jude Bellingham and 19-year-old Arda Guler this transfer window, Aurelien Tchouameni (then 22) last year, and Eduardo Camavinga (then 18) the season before.<\/p>\n

Mbappe \u2013 who turn 26 midway through next season \u2013 would be a major departure from a clear long-term squad-building approach.<\/p>\n

The third reason that Madrid has walked away from a move, per CadenaSER, is that signing Mbappe would cause division with fans and inside the club, given the controversy and drama that has surrounded his drawn-out transfer saga \u2013 particularly his perceived backflips on a move to Madrid in both 2022 and this recently-closed transfer window.<\/p>\n

While Mbappe\u2019s frosty relationship with the PSG hierarchy has thawed in recent months, for the star to commit his long-term future to the Parisians would still come as a major shock.<\/p>\n

His stats this season are typically outstanding: 10 goals and an assist in 10 league games so far, on the back of a stellar 2022 World Cup showing as he led France to the final, where he scored a hat-trick in the defeat to then-PSG-teammate Lionel Messi\u2019s Argentina.<\/p>\n

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Mbappe walks past the 2022 World Cup trophy in Qatar.<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It seems likely Mbappe will still look for a fresh challenge at season\u2019s end \u2013 and Premier League clubs are now in pole position to swoop.<\/p>\n

According to Italian outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport, Chelsea and Liverpool are keenly interested. Cashed-up Chelsea have embarked on a remarkable spending spree in the last year but could finance a move by offloading talent, while Liverpool could look to cash in on Mohamed Salah, who is a top target of Saudi clubs and would fetch a hefty transfer fee.<\/p>\n

The biggest issue will be Mbappe\u2019s monster wage demands, with only Saudi Pro League teams able to comfortably match his desired salary given they operate without financial fair play restrictions.<\/p>\n

With Barcelona strapped for cash and unlikely to make an attempt for his services given his Madrid links, and Bayern Munich having gone all-out to sign Harry Kane, it looks like Premier League heavyweights are the most likely destination \u2013 unless Mbappe pulls yet another U-turn and remains at PSG after all.<\/p>\n

While the Madrid transfer saga appears to be over, Mbappe\u2019s future will almost certainly be one of the biggest storylines of the season and the transfer window that follows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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