This Monday the real Madrid announced the hiring of the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé for next season, a dream that the Spanish club had been pursuing for years but had not been able to achieve until now. After the news, the football world automatically remembered an interview by Diego Maradona in which he said that He insisted to the Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, to make every effort for the talented forward.
“For me, Mbappé is the revelation,” said Maradona in a conversation with the Spanish newspaper Ace. “He is the one who can surpass many,” she added.
“I told Florentino: sign Mbappé”Diego revealed in that interview when referring to a talk he had with the top manager of Real Madrid in 2017, when the Argentine He was technical director in Saudi Arabia.
“I told him, I told him when we met at FIFA: sign Mbappé. “Let them sell it to Bale, given away, not least Florentino,” insisted the Argentine star who died in 2020.
However, Pérez’s response at that time reflected the complexity of transfer decisions in a club of Madrid’s magnitude.
According to Maradona, he responded: “But you know I have Ronaldo, this one…”showing some reluctance due to the presence of Cristiano, who at that time was the undisputed star of the team.
