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  • La Liga: Real Madrid budgets £240m for PSG younster

    Real Madrid have made Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe their No 1 target this summer and are plotting a staggering £240million for the youngster.

    Zinedine Zidane made Mbappe his main target as he begins his overhaul of the squad after returning to the Bernabeu for a second spell as manager.

    Despite Zidane’s admiration for Mbappe, it had been thought that any deal to get him out of the French capital was impossible but Real are now said to be confident that they can get a deal done.

    France Football, who have both Mbappe and Zidane on their front cover with the headline ‘Operation Mbappe’, are reporting that the manager will have significant funds to strengthen his squad.

    Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has guaranteed Zidane a minimum of €500m (£430m) to splash out on first-team personnel.Of that figure, €400m (£340m) is already available while the remaining €100m (£90m) will come from the sale of Gareth Bale ‘to a Premier League club’.

    Real are desperate to make radical changes to their forward line in the next transfer window. A failure to replace Cristiano Ronaldo sufficiently last summer has cost them in La Liga and the Champions League this campaign.

    PSG will be extremely reluctant to sell their crown jewel though and the scenario in which he tries to force a move because he is impatient to win the Champions League, still seems some way away.

    Mbappe, who won the World Cup with France last summer, has thrived in Paris since arriving from Monaco in the summer of 2017.

    The 20-year-old is PSG’s top scorer this term with 31 goals in 35 appearances across all competitions.

    The Spanish giants have been linked to several players in recent weeks as they look to catch up with Barcelona domestically and the rest of Europe’s elite in the Champions League.

    Liverpool have forcefully declined any approach for their winger Sadio Mane, according to Monday’s edition of Marca.

    The interest in the 26-year-old has grown amid his current run of form and his record of 53 goals and 21 assists in 111 matches for Jurgen Klopp’s side.

     

    Zidane is also said to be keen on Chelsea’s Eden Hazard. The Belgian has been a long-term target for Real and, as he prepares to enter the final year of his contract at Stamford Bridge, this could be the summer he finally leaves.

  • PSG’s Mbappe admits losing sleep after Man Utd defeat

    Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe says that he has had trouble sleeping since the club’s defeat to Manchester United in the Champions League on Wednesday.

    Mbappe, 20, failed to score as United came back from a 2-0 first-leg deficit to win 3-1 in Paris and advance on away goals.

    Marcus Rashford netted a late penalty, awarded after a VAR review for handball by defender Presnel Kimpembe. And Mbappe says it has hit the squad hard.

    “I am stunned – there are no words,” he told TF1’s Telefoot. “I have not been able to sleep and I think it has been the same for everybody else. It is difficult. We worked hard to reach that point and now we are out. We are disappointed. Football goes on. We will try to rally and finish the season.

    “Honestly, it was our goal – we were working towards it each day. The supporters were with us too. The stadium was full, the fans did their job and got behind us – it was a truly magical atmosphere and we spoiled the party. We did not want to ruin it, but we did.

    “It is complicated, particularly after what happened, and there are many people who doubt us. However, I still believe in this project – I am sure we will do something good for the club with the fans’ support. I hope that they continue to get behind us. They have always been in the right. Now, we have to do some things.

    “I think that, together, we can start to move in the right direction again and ask the right questions. I think that we can achieve something good in the future. We will keep working because that it is all that we can do. We will try to improve day after day, as when you get eliminated, you are missing something – you are not up to it. Now, we have to finish the season in the best way and prepare better for next year.”

    Mbappe, who has been linked with moves to Real Madrid and Barcelona, insisted that his future had not changed despite PSG’s failure to get to the quarterfinals of the Champions League once again.

    “Yes, I am sure to be here next season,” he added. “With or without what just happened, it was already set. With all of the problems that this elimination will cause, it is pointless adding my personal situation to that. This way, it is clear and accurate.”

    Meanwhile, Kimpembe says complacency was to blame for the French champions’ shock defeat.

    “Compared withe the first leg win at Old Trafford, I would say that there was a lot of complacency – it was not really the same PSG in the second leg and it felt that way,” he said on YouTube channel Bros

    . “We lost our grinta from the first leg that made the difference. It is not past experiences that make us stressed, in truth, it is because we took this game lightly. It will really be something that never happens to me again.”

  • PSG duo to miss Champions League clash against Liverpool

    Paris Saint German superstars, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar have sustained injuries ahead of their Champions League clash against Liverpool.

    Mbappe and Neymar were both forced off injured while representing their respective countries just eight days before facing Liverpool.

    Mbappe’s injury in the 1-0 win against Uruguay looked particularly bad as he fell awkwardly on his shoulder and was in a lot of pain before leaving the field.

    Brazilian star Neymar pulled a groin muscle when trying to put a cross in Brazil’s 1-0 victory over Cameroon at Stadium MK.

    The forward looked distraught as he was taken off the pitch.

    France coach, Didier Deschamps was unable to confirm the extent of the injury but admitted his player was in pain.

    ”He has a sore shoulder, he’s fallen badly,” he said.

    “He will have to see with the medical staff. I hope it’s not bad.”

  • France youngster Mbappe donates entire World Cup money to charity

    France youngster Mbappe donates entire World Cup money to charity

    France World Cup winner, Kylian Mbappe has donated $550,000 his full earnings and winning bonus from the World Cup to a charity that gives sports instruction to hospitalised and disabled children class young man on and off the field.

    According to the French news outlet L’Equipe, Mbappe, who has been supporting the association since 2017, felt that his World Cup winnings were better served helping a humanitarian cause.

    Mbappe earns approximately £17,000 ($19,915) per game, as well as an additional £265,000 ($310,2017) in bonuses he earned from France’s win, according to Sports Illustrated.

    Calculated as of Monday morning for Mbappe’s seven World Cup games and championship bonus, the French forward would be donating approximately $449,606, or £384,000.

    On top of donating his earrings, Mbappe has been known to drop by the association to play with the children.

    “Kylian, he is a great person,” the general manager of the Premiers de Cordée, Sebastian Ruffin, told the French news outlet Le Parisien. “When his schedule allows it, he intervenes for us with pleasure, He has a very good relationship with the children—he always finds the right [words] to encourage them.”

    Mbappe seems to have inspired other members of France’s team. According to L’Equipe, some players are donating part of their earnings to fund an educational trip to Russia for 25 students of the Jean-Renoir College in Bondy.