A member of the Real Madrid board of directors has made revelations about the Madrid club’s interest in Kylian Mbappé.
It’s an open secret: Real Madrid dreams of one day getting Kylian Mbappé. After failing a year ago – the kid from Bondy preferred to extend his lease at PSG – the White House was once again associated with the French striker, who refused to extend his contract with the residents of the Parc des Princes until June 2025. From then on, the former Monegasque will be free in a year. A boon for the Merengue, who clearly need to get back into action, according to José Manuel Otero, member of the Real board of directors.
“He was born to play for Real Madrid, that’s obvious”
“Mbappé had, and did not have, the opportunity to come to Madrid last summer. To come, he would have had to give up the very high bonuses granted with PSG. Plus, you would have had to pay for a transfer. The amount that would have had to be paid to have Mbappé a year before was disproportionate. It wouldn’t have made sense to recruit him, even if it’s true that Benzema left. We hope that Mbappé will have the same reasoning as Bellingham. I have confidence in his arrival. He will achieve glory when he arrives at Real Madrid. Otherwise, he will wander… He will win a Champions League one day (in Madrid, editor’s note). Now it seems that PSG is less powerful than before, because they no longer have such good players. Real Madrid guarantees security, seriousness, which gives results. I have confidence he’ll say yes once he’s a free agent. He was born to play for Real Madrid, that’s obvious”confided the Spanish leader, guest of the podcast Remontada Blanca, in remarks relayed by Foot Mercato.
“Zidane came at 29, Mbappé will come at 25”
And to add about Mbappé: “A kid that young was inundated with money, and he decided. If we ask him the question today and he is sincere, he will say he regrets it. He could have already won a European Cup if he had come to Madrid. Relations between Mbappé and Florentino Pérez have never been bad. Florentino never took what Mbappé did badly, he understood his reaction. There was no strong reaction from Real Madrid against the player. Real has always protected him. It was rather the supporters who felt betrayed. Real Madrid has always left the doors open. Zidane came at 29, Mbappé will come at 25. He’s going to have many years with us. If we had taken a wrong step with Mbappé, PSG would have tried to react against Real Madrid. We know what we can do and what we must do. If Mbappé comes in 2024 as I hope, everything will be done correctly. Without anyone being able to accuse us of having a pact with him. What they said last year, with Al-Khelaïfi who said that there was an agreement with Real Madrid, is false. »
