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Klopp told Liverpool supporters the truth about Kylian Mbappe transfer reports

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Kylian Mbappe looks set to make the move to Real Madrid after years of speculation over his future at Paris Saint-Germain finally putting an end to links with Liverpool.

The Reds have been frequently named as an interested club during the long-running transfer saga involving the France international. Even before his successful spell in Paris, the attacker burst onto the scene in AS Monaco’s Ligue 1 winning side scoring 27 goals in 60 appearances – winning the French league with Les Rouges et Blanc.




Madrid has long been the destination where the next chapter for Mbappe would take place and it’s clear the 25-year-old has now signed along the dotted line to join the newly-crowned Champions League holders.

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Despite Florentino Perez’s side overwhelming favourites to sign Mbappe, Liverpool were often rumoured to hold an interest. It was in the Principality that Mbappe caught the eye of recruitment figures with Jurgen Klopp and the Reds interested in the then-18-year-old sensation.

In 2017, PSG won the race to sign on a season-long loan with an obligation to sign a four-year deal. It was reported that move would cost in the region of £166million. Fast forward seven years, 256 goals, one World Cup and countless French domestic titles later, Mbappe’s time there is over.

Last year, Liverpool’s former director of research Dr Ian Graham admitted that the France star was ‘out of the league’ for the Reds financially. In an interview with The Guardian, he said: “Any statistical model will tell you that Kylian Mbappe is the best player in Europe at the moment.

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