Ousmane Dembélé revealed that Kylian Mbappé is going to sign… in Saudi Arabia. Or maybe not.
Where will Kylian Mbappé sign? The suspense is unbearable, the surprise will be huge… or maybe not. The player is expected to reveal his move to Real Madrid after the Champions League final. But in the meantime, the question was posed to Ousmane Dembélé at the UNFP Awards.
« I have nothing to say, » smiled the PSG player. « Marcel Desailly said it, he advised him to go to Saudi Arabia, » he added, prompting laughter from Mbappé.
Dembélé’s little joke echoes Marcel Desailly’s opinion, who advised him to go and earn money in Saudi Arabia. « I don’t think it would be the ideal place for him, » he said on beIN Sports. « There’s already Vinicius on the left wing. There are players who have shown good things like Bellingham. He won’t be the number 1 player as he wishes. »
« If we think about the football business, I would go for the 350 million for a year from Saudi Arabia. You come back next season, the year of the World Cup, you’ll only be 26 years old and you’ll have played football. What does Mbappé want? He wants to play football! That’s what I think as a businessman. The Saudi league is still competitive: look at the stadiums, they are full. Many channels broadcast the matches worldwide. Saudi Arabia wants to promote football like Qatar did in 2004-2005. It’s a business on both sides and I think it would be a good opportunity for him to do more business and play football after the Euro. »