Many times while Kylian Mbappé was with Paris Saint-Germain, the French player was tied to Real Madrid. However, Liverpool was the other team that was sometimes linked to the forward.

Mbappé knows how to speak and understand English, so it wouldn’t have been a problem for him to join the Reds. A new story also shows how close the winner of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was to joining the Premier League team instead of going to Spain.

According to L’Equipe, Kylian Mbappé was willing to join Liverpool in 2022. After leaving Paris Saint-Germain, the player was unhappy with the team’s direction and had accepted an offer from an English club.

Mbappé didn’t play on the first day of the 2022–23 Ligue 1 season because he was hurt. Still, it was said that he had asked not to play to make things clear, which the club’s management didn’t agree with.

How much did Liverpool want to pay?

Liverpool made a big offer of €200 million, along with a short-term deal that would have let Mbappé join Real Madrid after the game. Antero Henrique, who was PSG’s sports director at the time, flatly turned down the offer, though.

In the end, the runner-up in the 2022 FIFA World Cup extended his deal with PSG until 2025. He had the opportunity to stay in the French capital for one more year, but he didn’t take it. Mbappé left Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent at the end of last season and signed with Real Madrid.