Ex-Monaco chief claims Kylian Mbappe joining Real Madrid is ‘inevitable’

Kylian Mbappe

The French sensation burst onto the scene with the Monegasque club in the 2016/17 season, firing the Ligue 1 side to the Champions League semi-finals.

That form earned him a £158 million move to champions PSG, but he has consistently been linked with a switch to the Spanish capital after continuing his stunning rise.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.