Arsenal have been warned against signing Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe. For a long time, it has seemed certain that Mbappe would leave Paris for Real Madrid.
However, as the Spanish club struggles to finalise a deal, other teams like Liverpool and Arsenal are primed to enter the race. Despite not being perhaps as big a draw as Los Blancos, the Premier League giants could tempt Mbappe with the allure of English football.
With his contract at PSG ending this summer, Arsenal has emerged as a potential new home for the World Cup winner.
Arsenal's need for a new striker is clear, but not everyone thinks signing one of football's biggest stars is a good idea. Former Rangers player-turned pundit Ally McCoist made his opinion clear on talkSPORT.
«No. No chance,» he said. «Not only would you break it [the bank], you'd absolutely have to obliterate it and destroy it and once you do that, you know, it's happening.»
«There's knocks on the door, 'He's on this, I'm only on a quarter of that, I've scored this many goals', etc etc.'» McCoist also doesn't think Arsenal would become title contenders if they signed Mbappe.
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«No, I wouldn't, I'd still pick Manchester City,» he added. «Listen I love the guy, I think he's a tremendous player. I'll never forget watching that World Cup final hat-trick live, one of the highlights of my football career.
»And it's one of these situations where I'd probably like to see him move. He's been there and I'm not sure I'm happy with the power that he's got there either, remember that story about stakes in the
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