Mbappé, where does Florentino want

According to the information published this Thursday by L'Equipe, Kylian Mbappé persists in his “no” to renew with PSG and places himself at the point where Real Madrid he wants him to try his signing this summer. The French forward has already rejected several offers over the past year to extend his contract with the Parisian club, which expires in June 2022. And, according to the prestigious French newspaper, that refusal has been repeated once the Eurocup has ended., in which France was defeated in the round of 16 after losing to Switzerland, in a duel that was resolved on penalties and in which the final ruling came from Mbappé himself.

The white strategy always revolved around the script that is being developed, the same one that already gave effect when hiring Courtois and Hazard from Chelsea: Mbappé refuses to renew and, one year after ending his contract with PSG, Madrid is confident that Al Khelaifi will bet on a transfer this summer and get a good amount for him before letting him go free in 2022 , without entering a euro for it. The first part is being fulfilled, the second is missing, although in Madrid they fear that PSG will repeat what it has already done in the past: force Mbappé to fulfill his contract and threaten him with the stands if he does not sign the renewal. He already did it with Rabiot at the time.

But for now, Mbappé is where Florentino Pérez wants him, who has proven in the past to be a specialist to handle himself within the limits of the market of signings, limits to which, they are sure in Madrid, will approximate the signing of Mbappé, if it ends up being possible this summer. There are several cases that attest to the white president's skill when negotiating against the clock.

Ronaldo

It is the most notable case of his career, the first so close to the limit, since Figo was signed before he won the elections (he paid his clause to Barcelona) and Zidane was closed in the first days of July. The Brazilian was the star of the 2002 World Cup, which Brazil took with a double from the Phenomenon in the final against Germany; a day later, he dropped the bomb from Japan: “If Madrid wants me, let him call.” He accompanied him with a message for his club of property: “I belong to Inter, the three of us should talk if Madrid decides to bid for me.”

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It was the signal that Madrid needed to start negotiations with Inter, whose president, Massimo Moratti, refused from the beginning to the transfer of the Brazilian. Ronaldo, for his part, castled and remained in Brazil, awaiting events. The 'white smoke' arrived on August 22, when Florentino and Moratti met in the waters near Formentera (Balearic Islands), in a meeting between yachts in which the Italian ended up acknowledging that the situation had become untenable for Inter, with Ronaldo refusing to set foot in Milan again and especially annoyed with the technical direction exercised by Héctor Cúper.

However, the negotiations for the amounts were extended and the transfer was not registered until very close to 11:59 p.m. on August 31., market limit. Madrid ended up paying 45 million euros, a price that Inter admitted to lowering initially in exchange for introducing Argentine Solari into the equation, which ultimately did not occur. On September 2, Ronaldo was presented in Madrid, accompanied by Florentino Pérez and Alfredo di Stéfano.

Sergio Ramos

In the summer of 2005, Florentino opted for the signing of Beds from Sevilla, after an excellent year at Nervión in which, among other things, he had scored a great goal for the Whites at Sánchez Pizjuán. Lhe position of José María del Nido at first was blunt: he was not negotiating with Madrid for Ramos. So much so that Madrid needed a gesture of pressure from the player, who arrived in a concentration with the National Team to which he presented himself elegantly, in a white suit. There, he expressed his wish that the parties would reach an agreement.

Del Nido persisted in his closure and behind him began to create a current of opinion contrary to the player, which years later would crystallize in constant whistles for Ramos every time he visits the Pizjuán. Recently, in his documentary series for Amazon, he passed the bills of that time: “The biggest mistake was not giving explanations. I let others tell the story for me. My signing for Real Madrid was a transfer agreed between clubs. Florentino Pérez and José María del Nido were the presidents. It was never the payment of a clause as it was sold. That meant that the fans did not treat me with the same affection that I have always had and will always have. Sevillismo was lied to and that's what made it I was received in a very painful way. I will never forgive the pain of my parents and my grandparents. “

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And it is that Del Nido extended the resolution until 11:30 p.m. on August 31 and did so pretending that Madrid had deposited the termination clause in LaLiga, a pantomime with which he wanted to justify himself before the fans, putting all the weight of your march. In reality, Sevilla accepted 27 million euros, the same as the clause, but as an ordinary transfer. Ramos was unveiled on September 8 and debuted two days later.

Modric

In the summer of 2012, with Madrid exulting after having won the Record League (100 points, 121 goals in favor), José Mourinho asked Florentino to sign Luka Modric, talented midfielder who played for Tottenham. But Florentino Pérez was met with the refusal of Daniel Levy, president of Spurs, to transfer the Croatian, who at that time was playing the Euro Cup in Poland and Ukraine.

Given the limited progress of the negotiations, Modric took a key step that fits little with the image of a temperate and friendly player that he has sculpted during his years at Madrid: he refused to train with the team and did not get on the plane for the tour. that Tottenham was going to start for the United States. The gesture that the operation needed, since Levy had already agreed to put a price on the player (45 million) and Madrid was then trying to lower that amount.

In this case, it was not necessary to reach the last market day: On August 27, Madrid announced the agreement with Tottenham, which was closed at 30 million fixed plus variable. He did it a day after falling 2-1 in Getafe and after a very poor start to the season: he drew against Valencia at home (1-1) and lost at the Camp Nou in the first leg of the Super Cup (3-2) . On August 29, Modric played his first minutes in white and beat Barça 2-1 at home, taking his first title, the Spanish Super Cup.

Bale

It was the last great soap opera that Real Madrid has experienced, back in 2013. With Florentino rearming the project that Carlo Ancelotti was going to direct, Several signings were made (Isco, Illarramendi, Carvajal …) and they wanted to put the finishing touches on what was then the best player in the Premier League. But the harshness of the negotiation for Modric a year earlier was still latent and Levy in this case was even more blunt: he was not going to transfer the Welshman under any circumstances.

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And so it remained throughout the summer, in which Bale, as Modric had done a year earlier, declared himself in absentia and leaked that he would not play for Tottenham again, even requesting the Transfer Request, a Premier mechanism that Formerly it used to be respected if it was activated by the footballer, although it is clearly in disuse. On August 31, Levy finally admitted that he had lost the battle and agreed to negotiate, but on one condition: it would be a record transfer. The chosen price was 101 million euros (91 if it was made in a single payment; it was not the case), five more than the 96 million that Madrid paid for Cristiano in 2009. The agreement, in fact, included the prohibition to reveal the amounts of the agreement so as not to snub the Portuguese.