A few days before Newcastle-PSG, the Daily Mail wonders if Kylian Mbappé, one day, could join the Magpies.
Kylian Mbappé to Newcastle? No, this is not Antoine Griezmann’s part on Football Manager, but an idea from the English press. The Daily Mail wonders if, one day, the French prodigy could wear the colors of the Magpies.
Throwback to when Griezmann told Mbappé that he bought him for €134m on Football Manager as Newcastle United.
Kylian Mbappé 🗣: “Where? It’s not very warm there eh.” 🤣🤣pic.twitter.com/ZWj4nnpa6H
— Out of Context Football Manager (@nocontextfm1) September 15, 2023
The British daily recognized this quite quickly. At the moment, this is highly unlikely. Beyond the sporting aspect, Newcastle does not have the financial means to afford the 2018 world champion. For example, the latter’s salary is at least seven times higher than that of the Magpies’ highest paid player. .
In a few years, Newcastle could afford Mbappé
But if it is the truth of the day, it is not necessarily the truth of tomorrow. Thus, the Daily Mail recalls that Newcastle is controlled by the PIF, the Saudi sovereign fund, whose fortune is close to 800 billion euros. It surpasses that of the Qatari owners of PSG, for comparison, which suggests that the balance of power could be reversed between the two clubs.
Furthermore, Mbappé is still young. He is only 24 years old, and even if he joins Real Madrid next summer, he would still have time for another move to a European club by the end of his career. However, clubs capable of affording the Bondynois are rare, and we can include the big Premier League clubs in this category. Within five years, for example, Newcastle could have climbed further up the English and European hierarchy.
A final argument? The atmosphere at Saint James Park, the stadium where PSG (and therefore Mbappé) will play next Wednesday, is a big asset for the Magpies. During a Champions League match with Barcelona in 2003, Patrick Kluivert was impressed by the ovation he received from the Toons public. Sixteen months later, he signed for Newcastle…
