Expected to be one of the main players in the clash between PSG and Barça, Kylian Mbappé could have played for the Blaugrana. But the club favored Ousmane Dembélé and assures that it has no regrets.
Three years after his incredible recital at the Camp Nou, concluded with a resounding hat-trick, Kylian Mbappé hopes to once again torment Barça, Wednesday, during the first leg of their quarter-final of the Champions League. “ It’s time for the big players, so I’m ready and of course, as usual, I’m not going to hide “, he warned this weekend.
There is no shortage of reasons to shine for the French world champion. And the identity of the opponent adds to the stakes of this duel at the top, potentially his last Champions League match under the Parisian jersey at the Parc des Princes. And not only because of his planned arrival at Real Madrid, enemy of the Catalan club. Barça is still the club that said no to him in the summer of 2017 when he was preparing to leave Monaco.
“For 100 million euros, it could have been done”
“As we were getting ready to sign Dembélé, I was contacted to tell me that Kylian Mbappé was within our reach. I called his father and he told me that he wouldn’t go to Real Madrid because Cristiano, Benzema and Bale were there, but that he could go to Barça because Neymar was no longer there. For 100 million euros, it could have been done. But Robert Fernandez (the sports director at the time) preferred Dembélé,” had told Javier Bordas, former member of Barça management, in 2020 at Sports world.
This failure can leave the Blaugrana with immense regrets. Kylian Mbappé has become what many consider to be the best player in the world and Ousmane Dembélé has had a string of injuries with Barça. However, the Catalan people have a completely different feeling. Consequence of the character of the former Monegasque, incompatible with what FC Barcelona represents. “Mbappé is one of the best players in the world, but his values do not match those of Barça,” thus entrusted to The teamAurora Fuster, Catalan journalist, in reference to her about-face in spring 2022 after saying yes to Real Madrid.
2024-04-10 03:28:00
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