Kylian Mbappe’s entourage denies Barcelona president’s €50 million salary claim

Speaking in an interview on Tuesday night, Barcelona president Joan Laporta made a huge claim regarding Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe.

The 23-year-old is in the final two months of his contract at the Ligue 1 champions and seems primed to leave the club, with Real Madrid emerging as the favourites to sign him up on a Bosman deal.

However, Barça president Laporta seemed to have hinted that the Catalans were also in the hunt for Mbappe’s signing but baulked at his salary demands, claiming that the French international wanted wages of €50 million net per year.

Laporta’s statements, however, have seemingly not gone down too well with Mbappe’s camp. As reported by Fabrizio Romano, the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner’s representatives have denied the claim made by the Barça supremo with regard to the €50 million salary demands.

In addition, Mbappe’s entourage has also clarified that they never even entered into any form of negotiations with either Laporta or Barcelona at any point, thus casting doubts on the veracity of the statements made by the Catalan club’s president.

Irrespective of whether Barcelona and Mbappe did negotiate or not, the 23-year-old has always favoured a transfer to Real Madrid. And as reported by Romano, an announcement over his future decision is expected to be made soon.

PSG made several attempts to try and tie their prized asset down to a new contract. However, it seems like all their efforts will have been in vain, with Mbappe poised to move on from Parc des Princes five years after arriving at the club from Ligue 1 rivals AS Monaco.

As for Barcelona, they are unlikely to left behind their arch-rivals as they are eyeing a marquee signing of their own in the form of Bayern Munich superstar Robert Lewandowski this summer.