Radical turn, Mbappé approaches Barça

Kylian Mbappé's future has taken a 180 degree turn in recent weeks and his future is closer to FC Barcelona than Real Madrid, as MD has learned. Cadena Ser reported a few weeks ago that the white team had declined to go for a French striker and ruled out his signing, and now the reasons are coming to light as to why the Madridistas have dropped out of the race for the Frenchman and he has all the numbers to wear Barcelona next year.

The Barça club is clear that for the opening of the new Camp Nou and the 125th anniversary it needs a twist in the script and a media star to trigger interest in the team and revenue. To do this, they have decided to allocate the 1,000 million euros that will come from the Super League to the so-called 'Operation Donatello'. It is the nickname by which Kylian Mbappé is known due to his physical resemblance to the famous ninja turtle, and hence the club's secret services have opted for that code name.

The presidents of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, Joan Laporta and Florentino Pérez, had a secret meeting weeks ago in a coastal town, in one of the several beach bars controlled by the white president. There they agreed that if Barça remained firm in its unconditional support for Real Madrid in the leadership of this pharaonic project, it would withdraw from the bid for Mbappé and recommend that the Frenchman's entourage sign for Barça. The only requirement that Florentino Pérez set was that Mbappé cannot shoot with his right leg, the good one, in the games in which he faces Barça.

One of the people who has been decisive in the Frenchman's decision to accept joining the ranks of Barça is his current coach at PSG, Luis Enrique Martínez. The Asturian emphasized to the forward how friendly the Barcelona press is and how pleasant it is to deal with them. He told her all of his good experiences and stressed that they never exchanged a bad word or tried to tickle him. The technician also recommended several restaurants in the Castelldefels area. The former FC Barcelona footballer Ousmane Dembélé, Kylian's current teammate in Paris, told Mbappé that he could live in his house in the upper area of Barcelona and that he would give him the collection of video games that he had left in the storage room. The only drawback, at the moment, is that Dembélé cannot find the keys to the house but he has a few months to find them.

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Mbappé recently shared his summary of the year of the music that he has listened to the most this year on Spotify, a platform to which he is subscribed and to which he dedicates a part of his monthly income to pay the Premium fee. Laporta would have promised him a lifetime subscription to the streaming platform as part of the emoluments that he will receive from the club. Mbappé is one of the footballers most committed to sustainability and respect for the environment. When he found out that FC Barcelona had obtained the double Biosphere certification, he did not hesitate to accept the Barça proposal. “I can't believe it, they have a double Biosphere,” they say from their surroundings that Kylian himself said when he found out.