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    LaLiga News: Mbappe wants to go to Real Madrid but Leonardo warns that no one is “above the project” at PSG

    Real Madrid wouldn’t have offered Kylian Mbappe if they didn’t know he wanted to move, according to Leonardo, but that doesn’t mean Paris Saint-Germain will sell.

    Reports released on Tuesday revealed an offer of 160 million euros from Real Madrid for Mbappe, considered their main target.

    An offer was confirmed Wednesday by PSG’s sporting director Leonardo – though he didn’t give details on the exact amount – and was turned down by the Ligue 1 giants.

    Leonardo discussed the potential transfer at length with the media, underlining his anger at Real’s approach to a player who scored 133 goals and provided 58 assists in 174 games in four years at PSG.

    The club would clearly like to keep Mbappe, whose 191 goals involved since his third-place debut among players in the top five European leagues during that period, behind new teammate Lionel Messi (236) and Robert Lewandowski (213).

    But the World Cup winner, whose contract expires next year, has his sights set on the Santiago Bernabeu.

    Leonardo said: “This seems clear, doesn’t it? If Real Madrid makes an offer one week before the end of [transfer] window, it is because the player wants to leave.

    “If Kylian wants to talk and say he doesn’t want to leave, then he won’t leave, because that’s our wish.

    “Real have talked to the family, the entourage, otherwise they wouldn’t have done it [made the bid]. “

    This late window saga is a real hit for PSG, who have certainly enjoyed the best closing season of any major European club.

    Messi followed Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sergio Ramos, Achraf Hakimi and Georginio Wijnaldum in the first leg to Paris. Mbappe has not yet appeared alongside Messi, who could make his PSG debut this week.

    “We cannot be happy with this situation, because we have done something this summer, we have created a dream, we will not allow anyone to destroy it or to position ourselves above the club,” added Leonardo.

    “Kylian is at the center of the project but not above it. We have created a positive atmosphere, a desire, an emotion. This was our plan. “

    Neymar, like Messi, has yet to present this deadline, with Mbappe holding strong in their absence, weighing in with a three-goal involvement in three games.

    Cristiano Ronaldo, who says he is eager to leave Juventus, would appear to be a potential replacement if Mbappe leaves, but Leonardo didn’t think about it.

    “We never thought of a plan without Kylian,” he said.

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