Posted December 27, 2021 at 1:15 am by BC
During the last summer transfer window, Real Madrid tried their luck to secure the services of Kylian Mbappé, to no avail. A failure that may have been premeditated and desired by Florentino Pérez. Explanations.
If the arrival of Lionel Messi clearly dynamited the transfer market last summer, Kylian Mbappé has he was also one of the protagonists of the transfer window by wishing to leave PSG before the deadline. The Real Madrid have thus taken action to get their hands on their top priority, drawing several offers ranging between 160 and 200M €. Finally, Florentino Pérez did not succeed, the PSG having camped on its positions despite the contractual situation of Kylian < strong> Mbappé , free at the end of the season. A failure that may have been premeditated by the Real Madrid as analyzed last September Pedro Rey Bienne , expert in behavioral economics and associate professor of the ESADE (Graduate School of Administration and Business Management, located in Barcelona).
“My feeling is that Real Madrid really did not want to sign Mbappé”
“To offer 200 million for a player who will be free next season is madness, although I think Real Madrid have always taken into account the possibility of PSG accepting, even if the probability was low. So basically, they did it to show off their partners, as well as Mbappé himself, to whom they wanted to show that their interest in him was serious. My feeling is that Real Madrid really didn't want to sign Mbappé now and negotiated for the show, knowing that PSG were never going to accept the offer that was made, and within the Bernabéu they knew he was not. shouldn't do that either. This is why I say that I believe that Madrid did not give everything in the negotiations ”, explains Pedro Rey Biel to El Confidencial, before adding: “The Real Madrid press made sure that, whether Mbappé was signed or not, the Madridistas were happy. At all times they sold the idea that it was possible and you just have to see the difference in the way the French media handled the issue. (…) Real Madrid knew this was likely to excite their members and the fans in general. This is why the negotiation was made public and up to three offers were reported. “