Arsene Wenger admits '£100m' Kylian Mbappe will stay at Monaco rather than join Arsenal or Real Madrid
He believes the teenager will choose to stay at Monaco rather than move to the Gunners or Real Madrid
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsene Wenger has revealed that Arsenal are aware that Monaco forward Kylian Mbappe would set them back more than £100m – but insisted the Gunners are yet to bid for him.
Mbappe is hot property this summer after his goals fired Monaco to the Ligue 1 title ahead of PSG, as well as the Champions League semi-finals.
And that form means the Frenchman is likely to become the world’s most expensive player should he move this summer, with Wenger hoping he can persuade Mbappe to pick the Emirates and first-team football over Real Madrid.
But the Arsenal boss has now conceded that the Mbappe will cost well over a world-record fee and that he believes that the teenager will remain at the French champions for the new season, rather than head to the Bernabeu.
“People have a big imagination,” Wenger said after Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Western Sydney Wanderers – the final game of their tour of Australia.
“What we know now is that Mbappe is over £100m and after that it’s free to imagine what you want.
“But we have not made any offer. I think he will stay, it looks like that. One more season. Maybe he has too much choice. In the end, people don’t move.”
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