08/28/2021 17:10
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 08/28/2021 7:00 PM
By leaving FC Barcelona and Juventus in this break, the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo,
eleven Ballons d'Or between them
, have shaken the world of football, which now awaits the future of Kylian Mbappé, attracted as if it were siren songs by Real Madrid.
Will there be
three bombs
?
The soccer planet holds its breath before the closing of the transfer market, on Tuesday, August 31 at midnight.
The 22-year-old French world champion intends to go to Spain, but Paris Saint-Germain wants to keep their star and the negotiations drag on.
This "game of chess", as the French sports newspaper
L'Equipe
calls it this Saturday
,
is a classic of the final days of the European summer, but it has acquired enormous dimensions due to the importance of Mbappé, a key piece of the French team, and it takes place right after two big spin shots.
The first was at
Barça
.
Sunk by its catastrophic financial situation,
with debts close to half a million euros (475 million euros, 560 million dollars) and an uncontrolled salary mass, the Spanish team could not offer a new contract to Messi.
Mbappé with Brazilian Leonardo, PSG sports director.
Photo FRANCK FIFE / AFP
At 34, the Argentine superstar had to part ways with his beloved club after
more than twenty years of relationship and a cascade of titles
, both collective and individual.
After the tears shed, Messi flew quickly to Paris, where a two-season contract awaited him, with the option of an extra one, and a salary to match.
The other "tectonic" movement came from Italy, where Ronaldo, after three years in Turin, decided to
abandon
the
Bianconeri
to shine elsewhere.
The 36-year-old footballer, who had a final year on his contract, "no longer has any intention of playing for Juventus," his coach
Massimiliano Allegri
had admitted on Friday
.
Surprising everyone, CR7 dodged the rumors that placed him in Manchester City
to return
to Manchester United, a club where he exploded between 2003 and 2009 and where he won his first Champions League and his first Ballon d'Or in the same year (2008).
The press focused on this move.
"CR7, what a
devil,
" headlines the Spanish newspaper
Marca
this Saturday.
The cover of the sports newspaper also does not forget Mbappé, whose photograph appears in the upper left corner.
The Frenchman and his idol share the front page of the main Spanish specialized newspapers.
The Catalans
Mundo Deportivo
and
Sport
speak of a "crazy market", while the Madrilenian
As
dreams of a "Madrid of luxury" with Mbappé.
The signing of the PSG striker has yet to take place, despite two offers from Real Madrid for a player who ends his contract in 2022.
Mbappé talks to Di María.
Nearby, Paredes and Messi.
Photo FRANCK FIFE / AFP
This week, the
White House
sent a first offer of
160 million euros
(188 million dollars), before returning to the load with a proposal of
170 million + 10 million
almost automatic
bonuses
(200 million dollars + 11, 7), according to the press.
And what did Pochettino say about it?
On the one hand, waiting to see how this soap opera ends, Mbappé participated this Saturday morning in PSG training and the coach said that he
would be "surely among those called up"
, like Messi and Neymar, for the duel of the Sunday in Reims.
But he also assured:
"Mbappé has not said that he wants to leave PSG. He
is training very well as always. Our president and the sports director have already communicated about this situation," he insisted.
Parisian fans are wondering, anyway, if they can still dream of seeing their magical trio at the Auguste Delaune stadium ... and the future of the team.
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