Real Madrid had Mbappé done … and let him escape

If confirmed that The economic situation does not allow Madrid to sign Mbappé, with a credit of 570 million euros For the reform of the stadium granted, the salary mass shot up to 448 million and the income falling to 617 million euros due to the pandemic, it would be the second time that the entity lets Mbappé (22 years old), the player who is called to reign after Messi and Cristiano. There was a summer where it was very feasible to sign the Frenchman and sell Bale to United with the market, at that time, inflated. The events happened such that …

The Angels. July 24, 2017. First game of the preseason. Mourinho runs into Bale in the dressing room tunnel before Madrid-United starts and whispers to him: “If you don't talk, I can't buy you.” The cameras caught it. Then, in the Madrid-United Super Cup preview, in Skopje, the Portuguese went further: “If Bale was at the starting gate, I'd wait for him on the other side. But if he plays it is a sign that his plans are to continue at Madrid“. It is already August, and in Florentino Pérez's plans is not to transfer the Welsh attacker.

It was Madrid's great opportunity to sell Bale at a good price and it took place in parallel to the negotiation that the white entity had opened by Mbappé, who had been the revelation player of the season with Monaco. PSG was also bidding for him. But Mbappé had his bedroom covered with photos of his Madrid idols, especially Cristiano, and it seemed like easy prey for whites. Finally, he ended up choosing PSG (€ 180M, although his first season in Paris was on loan; the purchase became effective in the summer of 2018). Madrid had backed down …

There was an agreement for Mbappé

The white club began to extend the idea among some media that Mbappé had not come to Madrid because he was asking for a high salary (12 million net, it was said), who would have broken the pay scale for his youth. But a later revelation of Football leaks (through Der Spiegel) contradicted that version, as Madrid “reached an agreement with Monaco on July 20 for a transfer of € 180M (including variables of 30 million). The amount increased to 214 million when both clubs realize that Spain would impose a 34 million euro tax that Monaco refuses to pay and Real Madrid agreed to take over“. He had him signed, but Madrid did not want to get rid of Bale, and with Benzema and Cristiano, Mbappé also saw himself without a place and preferred the security that PSG gave him.