Kylian Mbappe 'passes medical' ahead of loan move to Paris Saint-Germain


Kylian Mbappe has reportedly passed his Paris Saint-Germain medical ahead of his loan move to the Ligue 1 giants.

In a bid to get round Financial Fair Play rules, PSG will loan Mbappe this season before signing him next summer for £166million.


According to French broadcaster TF1, Mbappe had his medical at Clairefontaine, where he is currently training with the national team.

PSG have now bought the two most expensive players in history by following the £199m purchase of Neymar with the £166m deal to sign the French teenager from Monaco.


But the fee for Mbappe will not be payable until next summer to avoid UEFA rules designed to stop over-spending. It brings into question the use of FFP – and the competitiveness of Ligue 1 this season after PSG have obtained the best player off last season's champions.

Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona were all interested in signing Mbappe. But he was born in the Parisian suburb of Bondy and wanted to return to the French capital. He is set to have a medical today before joining up with the France squad.

Monaco did not want to sell – especially to another Ligue 1 club – made it clear PSG would have to match Real Madrid's offer of €180m.


The deal was thrashed out on Saturday with Monaco declining attempts by PSG to include the transfers of Lucas, Javier Pastore or Julian Draxler.


So the deal will see PSG loan Mbappe this season with a non-obligatory option to buy for £166m next summer. The Paris club did the same by loaning Serge Aurier 2014 from Toulouse in 2014 before finalising the deal in 2015.

PSG, like Manchester City, had to agree a deal with UEFA in 2014 after breaking the rules . The Qatar-backed club's finances have always been controversial as they are sponsored by Dubai-based Emirates and the Qatar Tourism Authority.

When Neymar was unveiled by PSG, president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said: "I don't think it is expensive as I am sure we are going to make more money than we paid. Anyone thinking about FFP I tell them: 'Go have a coffee and don't worry about us.

Transfers are amortised over the lengths of their contracts – so Neymar's transfer fee and wages are spread over five years.

But even so, PSG still need to offload players now to balance the books with Tottenham having agreed to sign Aurier subject to the Ivory Coast defender obtaining a work permit. Increases in sponsorship, broadcast rights and tickets sale will struggle to cover the

The Mbappe deal will not go on PSG's books till the financial year 2018/19 now – and UEFA's monitoring of finances a year behind.

Mbappe appeared in high spirits ahead of the transfer


FFP was introduced to stop clubs spending more than they earn – with clubs only allowed to make a small loss of £4.6m. The rules have been diluted to allow owners to spend an extra £28m of their own money over three years.

UEFA official Andrea Traverso, who is in charge of FFP regulations, told L'Equipe: “If a club breaks or is found to have failed to apply the rules several times in a row, of course, the previous offences will be taken into account.”

Penalties include fines, reducing the number of players eligible for the Champions League – or ulimately exclusion from UEFA competitions.

am gonna be so disappointed in psg if they did not win champions league this season.

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If they like they should buy 2 ronaldinho, 2 kaka, 3 ronaldo, 4 makalele, 4 cafu, Pele, maradona and oliver Kahn, dem no fit win champe

thoollz:
If they like they should buy 2 ronaldinho, 2 kaka, 3 ronaldo, 4 makalele, 4 cafu, Pele, maradona and oliver Kahn, dem no fit win champe

Omo if them buy messi and Rinaldo join that team... Na 5:0 for everybody bros

BisQuit:


Omo if them buy messi and Rinaldo join that team... Na 5:0 for everybody bros

Nah, that Madrid's team is complete, from gk to fw. PSG dey acquire strikers

thoollz:

Nah, that Madrid's team is complete, from gk to fw. PSG dey acquire strikers

let wait and see how they perform in champions league before we criticize them, at least they should get to the final with the huge squad if they can't win it. Otherwise they will sack that coach, trophies in France is certain, they need to stand firm in Europe also.