Asked about a possible arrival of Kylian Mbappé at Liverpool, Ibrahima Konaté, all smiles, dismissed any idea of convincing his captain in the France team.
After announcing his departure from PSG to its president Nasser al-Khelaïfi and even to his teammates, Kylian Mbappé is obviously preparing his long-awaited arrival at Real Madrid. He has dreamed of playing in the Spanish capital since his childhood… The rumors sending the 25-year-old prodigy to the Premier League, to Arsenal or Liverpool, are completely unfounded.
Ibrahima Konaté, the Reds defender, was questioned by Canal+ about the possible arrival of his captain in the French team, after his team’s victory at Brentford (1-4). “ In all honesty, do you really think he’s going to come here? I think we all know where he’s going to go, we don’t think about him on this team and I’m not even going to try to bring him back “, joked the French international.
Mbappé’s mother loves Liverpool
If Mbappé has been waiting since the start of his career to join Casa Blanca, his mother Fayza Lamari, who has always managed her son’s career, for a time studied the possibility of joining Liverpool FC. Sportingly, the prodigy from Bondy would reveal an immense footballing challenge by joining the Premier League, a championship much more competitive than the Spanish Liga.
On the other hand, financially, a hypothetical arrival of Mbappé at Anfield would be very difficult to put together. Despite the XXL income of English clubs, Liverpool offers an annual salary of “only” 21 million euros gross to its star player Mohamed Salah (around 12 million net). Mbappé, who peaks at 72 million euros gross annually at PSG, will already receive half at the Merengues.
