JAKARTA - Liverpool's plan to make a breakthrough in the 2023/2024 summer transfer market by borrowing Kylian Mbappe could fall apart. The reason is, Chelsea reportedly participated in the hunt for the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) player.
The club nicknamed The Blues entered the race with a proposal of players plus cash.
The Daily Record claims Mbappe has been placed into the group of players PSG wants to sell with Georginio Wijnaldum and Julian Rightler. The 24-year-old was placed on the sales list after announcing he didn't want to sign a new contract at the club.
PSG is reported to have "insisted" Chelsea boss Todd Boehly to make a sensational offer after previously receiving an offer of 259 million from Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. However, Mbappe refused to discuss it even though he was offered a salary package of 603 million per year.
When he was 10 years old Mbappe went on trial at Chelsea. But the Blues missed the option to sign him after he failed to score when he beat Charlton 8-0.
"It was an amazing experience. Chelsea was the first great club, the first big club I visited," Mbappe said recalling the moment.
"An idea has been strengthened since I was a kid, not just because I went to Chelsea. I always thought, 'I want to be there, I want to be one of the big players trying to give pleasure to people.'" he continued.
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But Chelsea isn't the only club that has a history with the Frenchman. Mbappe previously talked about his admiration for Liverpool.
The hat-trick scorer in the 2022 World Cup final even has his mother and agent who is a Liverpool supporter.
However, Real Madrid is a long-term favorite to land it.
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