Kylian Mbappe entourage 'met Man City officials' amid Liverpool transfer links

Kylian Mbappe's entourage have reportedly met with Manchester City officials as the Paris Saint-Germain star plots his next move.

Mbappe is believed to have communicated his intention to leave PSG at the end of the current season, ending months of speculation, at which point he will become a free agent and can pick the club of his choice.

Real Madrid remain the frontrunners to sign the 25-year-old, who has been tentatively linked with a move to Liverpool since 2020. The Reds appear unlikely to complete a deal despite being credited with an interest in Mbappe due to the figures involved in making a deal possible.

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Discussing why Liverpool are unlikely to be in the conversation for the 2018 World Cup winner this summer, Jurgen Klopp recently said: “Obviously, I’m not involved in that, but I can tell you I’d be surprised if all the top clubs were [in for him]. The top clubs I know, for most of them it will be tricky - wages, signing-on fee.”

One side that may well be able to make things work from a financial perspective are Manchester City, who already recruited one superstar in this position during the summer of 2022 when signing Erling Haaland. Now understood to be in talks for Mbappe, Cadena Ser has reported that one of Mbappe's representatives was in Manchester last Monday to meet with "several members" of City's football department prior to their Champions League clash in Copenhagen.

Hours after this meeting took place, the French forward claimed to have informed PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi of his desire to move on. The following day, on Tuesday, another of Mbappe's