PSG put brakes on Kylian Mbappe move to Real Madrid as club ‘await third offer’ for France striker

PSG put brakes on Kylian Mbappe move to Real Madrid as club ‘await third offer’ after LaLiga side tabled £154m bid for striker…as French club’s sporting director Leonardo insists ‘nothing has changed’ and Carlo Ancelotti remains tight-lipped

  • Le Parisien said PSG have rejected Real Madrid’s £154m bid for Kylian Mbappe
  • The paper said PSG were holding out for a third offer for the France striker 
  • Sky Sports reported PSG’s stance could mean Real wait until January to do deal 

Paris Saint-Germain are not making things easy for Real Madrid to sign Kylian Mbappe, according to reports from France.

Newspaper Le Parisien reported that the Ligue 1 side are rebuffing Real’s latest £154million (180 million euro) offer for the France striker and are holding out for a third bid for him.

And Sky Sports have also reported that PSG are putting the brakes on the deal which may force Real to wait until January to get their man. 

PSG are putting the brakes on Kylian Mbappe’s move to Real Madrid, according to reports

'All I can say is that nothing has changed in the last two days,' said PSG's Leonardo

‘All I can say is that nothing has changed in the last two days,’ said PSG’s Leonardo

The Spanish media still expect the deal to get done, with Marca, the paper with closest ties to Madrid, saying the move will be announced ‘imminently’.

AS, another Madrid-based sports newspaper, is talking about when the move will happen rather than if, saying Mbappe’s arrival will complete a ‘luxurious’ Real attack alongside Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema.

But no-one at either club has gone on record to give updates about the move.

Real coach Carlo Ancelotti would not be drawn on the bid for Mbappe in his press conference

Real coach Carlo Ancelotti would not be drawn on the bid for Mbappe in his press conference

Indeed, PSG sporting director Leonardo, who earlier this week launched a scathing attack on Real’s behaviour in the saga, indicated his club are not willing to negotiate.

‘All I can say is that nothing has changed in the last two days,’ the Brazilian told Spanish TV show El Chiringuito on Friday.  

Real coach Carlo Ancelotti also refused to be drawn on his side’s pursuit of Mbappe when he spoke to the media on Friday ahead of his side’s LaLiga match away to Real Betis.

‘Mbappe’s case is a matter for those in charge of the club,’ Ancelotti told a news conference. 

‘I cannot say anymore. I think only about coaching the team, preparing for the game and managing the players well.

‘Everything that the politics of football entails, it does not matter to me. He (Mbappe) is a great player but I think we have great players here too. We have to give everything so they can show their qualities.’ 

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