Kylian Mbappe has been a long-term ‘transfer target’ for Liverpool but it looks as though this could all now be over.
According to Sport (via BBC Sport): ‘the Reds are out of the running to sign France striker Kylian Mbappe from Paris St-Germain’.
It’s always felt a bit like very wishful thinking to have an idea of seeing the 23-year-old in a red shirt at Anfield but it looks like we may be able to quash these rumours once and for all.
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The only issue is that these reports are coming from Spain, where there is a push to get the PSG man to play for Real Madrid and they would want to ensure that the move goes ahead.
It’s highly unlikely we would ever be able to afford the services of the mercurial talent but we have been linked to the former Monaco man, due to his and our club’s connections with Nike and our obvious prestige in European football.
Despite all of this, it’s safe to say there will still be so many column inches dedicated to the World Cup winner until he does complete his next transfer.
Its been dead in the water since the winter transfer window of 16/17 when he was at Monaco. We made a good offer to him, but he decided to see out the season at Monaco who were flying and we have not been in the picture since. Everything else has simply been agent noise designed to get their client more money.