The transfer window: Emery reveals that Mbappé "was delighted" to play at Real Madrid

Unai Emery balances on Mbappé's old desires

After Laurent Blanc and before Thomas Tuchel, Unai Emery spent two seasons at Paris Saint-Germain, marked by a historic transfer window in the summer of 2017, when Neymar and Kylian Mbappé landed in the capital.

The Basque coach, now stationed at Villarreal, had the French world champion under his command for one season (2017-18).

And claims to have been aware of Mbappé's career plan.

"When I was in Paris, Mbappé was seriously considering going to Real Madrid because it is a club that he likes a lot," Emery launched on the airwaves of La

and

.

He was looking forward to playing for Madrid. ”

What to bring water to the mill of the craziest rumors in Spain.

Mbappé's contract (21) expires in June 2022, and information about a possible extension has not been leaking for several months.

Mbappé's top 5 goals with PSG last season

Chelsea: Rüdiger's price, coveted by PSG

Thomas Tuchel did not have his reinforcement in central defense as he hoped this summer, to compensate for the free start of Thiago Silva at Chelsea.

And it is precisely from the Blues that Paris SG almost recruited, with German international Antonio Rüdiger (27).

Tottenham and Everton were also on the scene, but according to the

, the amount to pay for the loan of Rüdiger has scared his suitors.

Chelsea would have demanded 5.5 M € in addition to the annual salary to be paid, higher than 8 M €.

An investment deemed too high by PSG to acquire Rüdiger for a single season.

The Berlin native is therefore still in London, where he remains under contract until June 2022.

Christian Gourcuff confirms the retirement of his son Yoann

Invited at the microphone of

, the coach of FC Nantes, Christian Gourcuff, returned to the discreet end of his son Yoann's career, which he "is not obliged to announce".

The former attacking midfielder of the Blues, aged 34, has not played since the end of the 2018-19 season in Dijon.

“In the head, he is good, I think he is happy, confides his father.

You have to know how to turn the page.

There was a lot of frustration at the end of his career but he digested it well.

You have to be reasonable, you don't start again like that, after two years. ”

What if Yoann Gourcuff followed in his father's footsteps to become a trainer?

"I'm not going to speak for him, but I think it's something that can connect him", judge Christian Gourcuff.

His son was voted best player of the 2008-09 Ligue 1 season with the Girondins de Bordeaux, and was ranked 20th in the Ballon d'Or that year.

Hernan Crespo open to train in Ligue 1

Passed by Parma, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Chelsea, Hernan Crespo has reconverted as a coach after a prolific career as a striker.

If he only has two not really successful seasons in this profession, Crespo would not refuse a post in France.

“I think it would be a great challenge,” he noted in an interview with

.

I don't speak French, but if I have to practice my new profession in this language, I will learn! ”

The Argentinian (45) would find “fantastic” the possibility of seeing “great stadiums, like the Velodrome or the Parc des Princes”.

For that, "you have to prepare, do things well and wait for someone to spot me."

To replace van Dijk, Carragher campaigns for Upamecano

Virgil van Dijk's serious right knee injury puts Liverpool's season at risk.

The Dutch defender is unlikely to play again this season, and former Reds glory Jamie Carragher is hoping the club will sign up this winter to make up for it.

"Anyway, even for next summer, the big rookie at Liverpool must be a central defender, and now it's brought forward to January 1," Carragher analysis for

, disappointed that Dejan Lovren was not replaced and that Joel Matip be “hurt all the time”.

But who could help to forget the absence of van Dijk?

“There is a young man everyone is talking about in Leipzig, Dayot Upamecano,” says Carragher.

Even if it means "paying a higher sum" to quickly crack Leipzig, the former English defender wants to see the French international (21) quickly in Liverpool.

Upamecano is linked with the German club until June 2023.

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