Rodrygo Wants PSG Star Kylian Mbappe to Join Real Madrid

Rodrygo Wants PSG Star Kylian Mbappe to Join Real Madrid

Edwin Kiplagat
updated at July 19, 2023 at 7:17 AM
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  • Real Madrid youngster, Rodrygo is hopeful his club can sign Kylian Mbappe
  • The French and Paris Sain-Germain superstar has been strongly linked with a move to the club for months
  • The 24-year-old World Cup winner is arguably the best player in the world

Kylian Mbappe has dominated the summer transfer window so far, with multiple reports linking him with a blockbuster move to Spanish giants Real Madrid.

Madrid forward, Rodrygo hopes the French and Paris Saint-Germain superstar will join Los Blancos, saying that he would help them a lot. Mbappe has returned to training ahead of the new season, which starts next month.

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Kylian Mbappe could be a Real Madrid player next season. Photos by Fran Santiago and Tim Clayton/Corbis.
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Mbappe's contract expires at the end of next season, but PSG have insisted the 24-year-old must sign a new deal since they are not planning to lose him for nothing next season. The World Cup winner reportedly doesn't want to sign an extension.

He has been heavily linked with Madrid, who tried and failed to sign him last summer. Club president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi insisted they cannot lose the winger for nothing next season.

“We want him to stay but he can't leave for free. There was a verbal agreement and he had discussed it in an interview. And I was really shocked to learn that he had decided to leave for free. It’s very disappointing," he said, via Eurosport.

Rodrygo wants Mbappe at Madrid

It seems it is only a matter of time before Mbappe is sold by PSG this summer, considering the rhetoric by Khelaifi. Rodrygo hopes the French star signs for Madrid.

"Of course, I hope Mbappe comes because he will help us a lot. He is a real star, but we really don't know anything," he said, via GOAL.

Madrid are reportedly willing to pay 200 million euros to acquire the services of arguably the best player in the world. Until then, the saga and power struggles within the club continue, and it remains to be seen how it will play out by the time the season starts.

Even Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez questioned Mbappe's decisiveness in regard to his strong links to Real Madrid. Los Blancos started the window strongly by signing Jude Bellingham.

Ex-EPL star blasts Mbappe

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Mbappe’s recent outburst against Paris Saint-Germain has not gone down well with former Italian and West Ham United player Paolo Di Canio, who has criticized the forward.

In a recent interview, the 2022 World Cup Golden Boot winner took shots at the club as the fallout of his decision not to activate a contract extension clause with the Ligue 1 champions continues.

Di Canio has now labeled Mbappe as 'indecent and disrespectful' towards the Parisians, who have reportedly informed the forward he must extend his deal or be sold this summer.

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Edwin Kiplagat has five years of experience in journalism working as a Sports Editor at Africa Insight Communications and ESPN. Edwin Kiplagat is a Bachelor's Degree holder in journalism from the Multimedia University of Kenya.
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