Kylian Mbappe has settled his future by signing an extension with PSG but has now admitted how close a move to Liverpool was.
Speaking with the Telegraph (via Fabrizio Romano), the 23-year-old said: “It was not just Real Madrid and PSG – I was in talks to join Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.
“I talked to Liverpool because it’s the favourite club of my mum, my mum loves Liverpool… I don’t know why, you will have to ask her!
“It’s a good club and we met them five years ago. When I was in Monaco I met them. It’s a big club”.
It’s interesting that all these rumours did appear to have some degree of truth to them and that we were actually a possibility for the French international.
If we would have managed to convicne him to move whilst he was with Monaco, it may have been a slightly more realistic transfer but now it does appear that the forward will always be out of our price range.
Let’s hope his Mum can keep putting a good word in for us and we may get to see the World Cup winner at Anfield one day.
You can view the quotes from Mbappe via @FabrizioRomano on Twitter:
Kylian Mbappé tells @TeleFootball: “It was not just Real Madrid and PSG – I was in talks to join Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool”. 🔴⭐️ #LFC
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 23, 2022
Kylian Mbappé tells @TeleFootball: “I talked to Liverpool because it’s the favourite club of my mum, my mum loves Liverpool… I don’t know why, you will have to ask her!” 🔴 #LFC
“It’s a good club and we met them five years ago. When I was in Monaco I met them. It’s a big club”.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 23, 2022