Where will Kylian Mbappe play for Real Madrid? How PSG superstar can fit in with Bellingham, Vinicius Jr.
The defining football transfer saga of the decade is reaching its long-awaited conclusion.
Real Madrid have been burned a couple of times but, according to multiple reports over the past month, Kylian Mbappe will play at the Santiago Bernabeu after his Paris Saint-Germain contract expires this summer.
Madridistas will understandably not want to take anything for granted until they see Mbappe in the famous white shirt, with RMC Sport’s report on February 28 that the deal is yet to be finalised sure to cause some consternation.
La Liga president Javier Tebas believes there is a "99 per cent chance" Mbappe will be in the Spanish capital next season. He told L'Equipe: "It's great news for Real Madrid and for Spanish football. [Mbappe] is one of the best players in the world. In my view, [Jude] Bellingham, [Erling] Haaland and Mbappe are the three most dominant players on the planet, and two of them are at Real Madrid."
This is exactly how you imagine Madrid president Florentino Perez would wish this situation to be painted, especially amid emerging links between the 14-time European champions and Bayern Munich left-back Alphonso Davies. It's starting to look like the beginning of Madrid's next Galacticos era.
Of course, the first time around, prosaic quibbles about where superstar players might fit into a functioning football team were for the birds. Want to sign David Beckham when you already have Luis Figo on the right wing? No problem: just sell Claude Makelele and get Becks to have a go at what will soon become known as "the Makelele role". He'll get used to it.
It begs the question: where will Mbappe play for Real Madrid, given that Bellingham has nailed down the 'star goalscorer' role, and Vinicius Junior likes playing in
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