While Kylian Mbappé, who announced to Paris Saint-Germain his desire to leave at the end of the season, is currently on his farewell tour in Ligue 1, Javier Tebas is already rubbing his hands.
The president of La Liga knows it: there is a good chance that the French striker will join Real Madrid this summer... Which would only further strengthen the attractiveness of Spanish football, as he explained in an interview for A Bola.
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“This year we have the best player in the world with Bellingham, last season Lewandowski was at a very good level, Atlético has Griezmann,” listed the manager, when asked about the departures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
If Mbappé arrives, it will help us to be more competitive and grow even faster.
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“Ligue 1 has not grown”
Regularly showing himself to be very critical of PSG, Tebas has never hidden his admiration for the captain of the France team, regularly courting him on Spanish TV.
“It’s a destination for him, that’s for sure,” he declared last September.
I think he has a 70-80% chance of being here next year.
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The president of La Liga took advantage of this new interview to attack Ligue 1, which according to him has failed to exploit the potential of its former stars.
“The French championship with Messi, Neymar and Mbappé has not grown,” he noted.
Ours progressed, despite the loss of these two players (Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo).
What matters most to our sponsors and the broadcast media is that the competition is economically viable and that, seven years later, it remains very competitive.
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