According to a FIFA agent, a shock new club has joined the race for Kylian Mbappe's signature.
Despite the player repeatedly insisting he will be a Paris Saint-Germain player next season before leaving completely in July 2024, the French club seems to have a different plan regarding the matter.
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Mbappe informed the Ligue 1 champions earlier this month that he would only see out the remaining year of his deal and is not interested in triggering the one-year extension clause included in it.
This is said to have infuriated the PSG hierarchy as they had centered their sporting project around the forward after he was made their highest earner in May 2022.
With the possibility of losing the 24-year-old as a free agent next year, the Parisians reportedly want to sell the star for a potentially record-breaking €250 million (R5 billion) fee before the next campaign begins.
However, Real Madrid, who are widely believed to be the club he wants to play for next, have reportedly ruled out the possibility of splashing the cash on the France captain in this window and are only willing to negotiate a pre-contract agreement with him in January 2023, when he will be legally allowed to speak to any club of his choice.
FIFA agent Marco Kirdemir has now claimed, though, that Los Blancos should be careful about waiting for too long to make a move for Mbappe as they could be rivalled by a certain Premier League giant.
"There will be news over the next week. We will have news from England and Germany," Kirdemir said, according to Marca.
"Liverpool is competing with Real Madrid and wants to pay a fortune for Mbappe, that fortune would be around 300 million [dollars]."
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Speaking on PSG's Qatari owners' reaction to Mbappe's planned exit in a year's time, Kirdemir added: "They told me that they are very angry.
"They wanted and were confident that he was going to renew. The Emir is very upset."
These comments come after Mohamed Salah was linked with a move to Saudi Arabia, but sources close to Liverpool have insisted that the Egyptian is not going anywhere in this window, which would make a move for Mbappe unlikely.
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