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Real Madrid make improved £145.6m bid for PSG’s Kylian Mbappe

Paris Saint-Germain’s French forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring a goal during the French L1 football match between Metz (FC Metz) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the Saint Symphorien stadium in Longeville-lès-Metz. Photo: AFP

Real Madrid have made an improved bid of £145.6m (€170m) to sign Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe.

The La Liga club’s initial offer of £137m (€160m) was rejected by PSG on Wednesday.

Mbappe is in the final year of his contract, meaning he’ll be able to sign for Real Madrid on a pre-contract agreement as soon as the January transfer window opens.

Still, as was noted in the report by Sky Sports, the bid was rejected.

Real Madrid were expected to come again – and they have. Sky Sports’ Kaveh Solhekol reports that the Spanish giants have upped their bid to £145.6M [€170M].

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Madrid up Mbappe bid to £145.6m (Sky Sports)

Previous approach was rejected by PSG

Real Madrid have improved their offer for Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe, reports Sky Sports.

The Spanish giants have now bid £145.6m, after seeing a previous offer of £137m rebuffed on Wednesday.

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Real Madrid right-back Alvaro Odriozola looks poised to make a loan move to Fiorentina as Los Blancos shuffle their squad in anticipation of Kylian Mbappe’s arrival at Santiago Bernabeu.

Paris Saint-Germain star Mbappe looks set to swap Ligue 1 for La Liga, despite the Parc des Princes outfit knocking back an offer of €160 million (£137m/$188m) from their European rivals.

Now, Madrid are moving to clear further space in their squad and in their purse for the France international, with Spain international Odriozola now in the frame to depart to help pave the way.

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The 16 year-old-player spent two weeks with his family in Munich and got good feedback from the coaches in the U17 and U19 setups.

However, the Bavarian outfit have now passed up on the chance to bring him to Allianz Arena.

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How can Madrid afford ‘impossible’ €160m Mbappe bid?

In April, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez told the world that football was dying and clubs like his could no longer survive without a European Super League, in the face of state-backed sides like Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City.

The 74-year-old also insisted that due to the realities of the current transfer market, neither his club nor any other would be able to afford to sign Kylian Mbappe or Erling Haaland this summer.

So just how is it that Los Blancos, four months later, are able to splash the cash to bring the former to Santiago Bernabeu, when they had alluded to being stone-cold broke?

PSG demand €220m for Mbappe (Le Parisien)

Real Madrid pushing to sign France star

Paris Saint-Germain are refusing to let Kylian Mbappe go for anything less than €220 million (£188m/$259m), Le Parisien reports.

Real Madrid are trying to sign the French striker but the Ligue 1 giants are not letting him go cheap.

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Tottenham are in talks to sign Weston McKennie from Juventus, says The Independent.

The Serie A side are open to selling the United States international and could be available for close to £40 million ($55m).

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