President Florentino Perez refused to discuss Real Madrid's pursuit of Kylian Mbappe after the Spanish Super Cup win over Barcelona.
Vinicius Jr scored a first-half hat-trick in a 4-1 victory as Carlo Ancelotti's claimed a first trophy of the season in Riyadh on Sunday.
And Perez did not want speculation over Mbappe to detract from their success.
'I'm happy because the fans are delighted to have seen a good game. Vinicius was phenomenal, that's why he's one of the best in the world', he told Marca.
'It's not the day to talk about Mbappe, it's the day to congratulate the players we have, not those other teams have.'
Mbappe will join Real Madrid next season after reportedly reaching an agreement with Los Blancos earlier in this month.
The last two summers have seen both Mbappe and Real Madrid involved in transfer sagas, with all things seemingly pointing towards a stunning move on both occasions. However, Real were left red-faced on both occasions.
Therefore, Real Madrid were eager to avoid a third defeat when discussing a potential transfer with Mbappe - who will be out of contract at the end of the season.
According to Foot Mercato , Mbappe reached an agreement with Real Madrid a few days ago and committed his future to the LaLiga giants after refusing to extend his stay at Paris Saint-Germain .
However, reports are stating that the financial package on offer from the Spanish giants is lower than those that were presented to the 25-year-old superstar during negotiations in 2022.
Mbappe was free to negotiate with other clubs from January 1 as he had officially entered into the last six months of his PSG contract. Therefore, Real Madrid began negotiating with the 25-year-old soon after.
However, a report in Le Parisien felt as
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