Mbappé is in the air

The Superliga project would make Mbappé more strategic than ever for Real Madrid and Florentino Pérez did not hide it. The president of Real Madrid in his public appearances moves between resounding phrases and insinuations for good connoisseurs, especially when it comes to stars in another team and even more so if that team is PSG. In his appearance in 'El Chiringuito', that anecdote that he revealed when asked about Mbappe. “People yell at me 'Presi, record it!”, And what does he respond to?, Put in Josep Pedrerol, “How calm …”.

A phrase accompanied by a half smile that is a trademark of the house. That term, “tranquility”, always appears in one form or another in your galactic rush. It arose when he signed Figo in 2000 and asked the partners for reassurance when from Barcelona Figo himself denied the signing, also in 2003, when Valdano, Madrid's sports director, told Rosell, then vice-president of Barça, the same word when both clubs were fighting for David Beckham: “Calm down Sandro, the cat is already in the water”. It also happened in 2017, when Cristiano had one foot out of Madrid and a year before having both. Florentino appeared to celebrate his re-election as president and a journalist asked him if Cristiano would leave that summer. “I am calm”, answered the president., with the same smile. Then everything would change, but that season Cristiano raised the Thirteenth in Kiev.

The tranquility of Florentino Pérez is that, as in the renewal of Sergio Ramos, it is an issue that he directly controls. José Ángel Sánchez manages the day-to-day life of the club and the entire enormous network that Real Madrid represents from his vital position as CEO, but the last word on the strategy is Florentino. And as AS published just a year ago, the roadmap had been established with Mbappé in 2021 as electroshock for this Madrid lacking a star since the departure of Cristiano. The great change that Florentino talks about is Mbappé on one hand and on the other the new stadium, which will be ready in the autumn of 2022.

The reverse of the Super League

That optimism that the president showed in 'El Chiringuito' changed radically two days later, in his presence in 'El Larguero'. Then the Superliga project had been truncated and Manu Carreño asked him if it was possible to sign great stars such as Mbappé or Haaland without the Superliga going forward: “It will not exist without the Superliga. Not for Madrid or for anyone,” he assured .

Mbappé is a silent management but with solid foundations and the footballer gets a little closer to Chamartín every day. Whether there is immediate economic injection from the Super League or not, the club believes that it has a negotiating position of power before PSG with the star's refusal to renew, there are no sources of rebellion for this reason in a squad that accepts the salary adjustments suffered and it is considered that there will be favorable credits. A twist on the model that Florentino himself invented in 2000 with Figo and the galactic start. The change, as then, does not come from reforms in the offices, it comes with the name of a world star.