Manchester City and PSG have established themselves in the football elite and they have told back to a much less brilliant past, petrodollars through. Great tyrants in their respective countries, more the French than the English, the great must in both cases is the Champions League. The Parisians already reached the final last year, but left the job halfway, while Guardiola arrived at the Etihad with the same goal, to lift the Orejona. After the first leg of the semifinals, the English have the final closer thanks to their assault on the Parc des Princes (1-2). The ingredients for the return to be an explosive recipe are many and one of them, Kylian Mbappé, canceled this Wednesday, is an old desire of the Skyblue. Or maybe not so old …
–
–
The relationship between the Parisian and those of the blue zone of Manchester comes from afar. To the memory comes, of course, that tie of 2017 in which a Monaco loaded with talent and fledgling executed the favorite. A young 18-year-old forward was the great executioner of City, a Mbappé who scored both in the first leg and in the second leg and who appeared in society. Months later, in summer, the English repeatedly knocked on the door of Vadim Vasilyev, once Monegasque number two (it was the right hand of the owner, Dmitry Rybolovlev, who dispensed with him in 2019). They would sign Bernardo Silva and later Benjamin Mendy, but Mbappé was the icing on the cake.
A meeting and an interest still in force
As recounted The team, In the midst of the procession of Bondy’s (PSG and Real Madrid took the spotlights), a meeting was organized between Pep Guardiola, an admirer of the footballer, and Kylian himself. The latter acknowledged being flattered, adds the aforementioned media, but we all know what his final decision was. However, that was not the first attempt, since in the 2015-16 season, before our protagonist signed his first contract as a professional, they already tried to make him change the Principality for Manchester through a juicy offer to the Monegasques, but they got ‘no’ for an answer.
–
–
Now, with Mbappé’s contract in the air and Real Madrid, in the pole position, and Liverpool as the highest bidders to deactivate the renewal, in The team they report that in City continue to dream of the PSG star. “He is young and will have football at his feet”Guardiola said when asked about the Parisian ‘7’. Until now the interest was known citizen in Erling Haaland (they also compete with the whites), the other great candidate to inherit the planetary throne that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will release at some point. This love skyblue by Mbappé makes a soap opera even spicier that in the Paseo de la Castellana they hope will be in its last chapters.
In search of gunpowder
The relationship between the footballer and PSG ends in 2022, hence the haste in signing a contractual extension. To that now or never all the suitors of the world champion in 2018 cling to. A list that, according to information from The team, wins a thunderous suitor. Money will not be a problem, as there has already been talk of a titanic offer to dress Haaland in light blue (36 million euros a year). We will see if Mbappé claims that interest in the return of the Etihad with a performance like that of 2017 and cuts distances with Haaland (he has 8 goals for the Norwegian’s 10) in the Champions League scorers’ table …
Mbappé metric analysis. BeSoccer Pro
The interest makes sense, beyond that anyone would like to incorporate Mbappé into their ranks. And it is that, the main, and perhaps only, problem of the season of the City is its forward. Agüero, who will leave at the end of the course, has had bad luck, between physical problems and coronavirus, and has not shown the level that has made him the club’s top scorer. Gabriel Jesus, for his part, does not finish breaking down the door. While the many run on account of outsiders like Gündogan or Foden, top scorers of the team (16 and 14, respectively). Whether or not he When, they wanted a nine, confirmed the goodbye of the Argentine there is one more gap in the lead and it seems that his eyes are not only on the cyborg del Borussia Dortmund …
–
