Florentino fears a complaint from PSG and, what is worse, that the Qataris will open a war against their players
At the white club they are also not at all clear that the Frenchman is their strategic signing
Real Madrid came out with a forceful statement in which they assured that they were not negotiating with Kylian Mbappé. The rumor mill about his signing has been unleashed after verifying that the Frenchman is going to leave PSG, but the whites are still not clear about the operation and fear a snub reaction from the Qataris, who could denounce the whites and destabilize the squad with millionaire offers.
The alarm went off at the Bernabéu when media outlets from around the world claimed that Mbappé was close to signing his arrival at Madrid. The whites have always maintained that there is nothing at all at the moment and they want to distance themselves from the PSG forward until they make a decision on whether or not to definitively attack the operation. There are doubts and, meanwhile, they prefer not to anger the French club so as not to open a war that could have dire consequences.
Madrid has already been able to see how PSG spends their time when they touch their players. Barça tried to sign Marquinhos and Verratti and ended up scalded with the escape of Neymar. This summer, the French club has also taken the opportunity to release Dembélé under favorable conditions.
But the key to the whole matter is Madrid’s lack of confidence in Mbappé and his entourage. The footballer already left them stranded two summers ago when he renewed for PSG and broke the verbal agreement he had with them. They do not trust the player or his environment, nor his financial demands. Madrid will only go after him if his situation is clarified and he does not enter into any bid. Either Mbappé negotiates only with the whites or he will not come. And that should not be safe, so Madrid prefers to distance itself to avoid problems.
The information coming from Germany regarding Madrid’s interest in Jamal Musiala, another of the young stars of the European elite, was also surprising. They assure that Musiala can now be the central objective of the whites, ruling out Mbappé. We like the operation because the player has tremendous quality, his signing would be more acceptable and the experiment with Bellingham has gone wonderfully.