Having stayed at PSG after coming close to a move to Real Madrid this summer, Kylian Mbappe was left fuming after losing the 2022 World Cup final and could end up at FC Barcelona.

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FC Barcelona wants to transfer Kylian Mbappe

According to Catalan daily Mundo Deportivo, the Blaugrana want to capitalize on the fact that Mbappe wants to leave Parc des Princes because he “can’t stand” the imminent extension of Lionel Messi’s contract with PSG following France’s World Cup final defeat against Argentina. -2022.

The star of the French national team is unhappy with the fact that he became the object of irony from Argentine footballers, especially the goalkeeper Emiliano Marines, after the World Cup final in Qatar, in the dressing rooms and during the parade in the streets. Buenos Aires, right under Messi’s eyes.

Mbappe, 24, was very close to signing for Real Madrid this summer, but changed his mind at the insistence of French President Emmanuel Macron to sign a new two-year contract with PSG, which apparently also contains a clause in which the forward could leave. for another club “for good reason”. According to the quoted source, the Frenchman’s anger at Messi would be “the perfect excuse”.

The possible departure of Mbappe to Barcelona would also be facilitated by the fact that the president of the Catalan club, Joan Laporta, managed to cancel the “secret agreement” with his colleague from “Real” Florentino Perez, on the basis of which “Barca” should have agreed not to disrupt Mbappe’s transfer to Madrid club, writes Agerpres.

Meanwhile, the Frenchman has abandoned his desire to play for Real Madrid after being attacked by the group’s fans following the collapse of his move to the Santiago Bernabeu. In addition, Mbappe does not want to share a dressing room with his compatriot Karim Benzema, who recently announced his retirement from the French national team.

In case of transfer to “Barcelona”, Mbappe will have to “fight” for the title of the star of the team with Robert Lewandowski. In the future, the Frenchman would have an advantage, given that the Pole is 34 years old.