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Kylian Mbappe to Barcelona? Joan Laporta gives four-word response to fan request about PSG superstar

When it was announced that <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/kylian-mbappe-bombshell-psg-superstar-tells-parisians-he-will-leave-club-this-summer-amid-real-madrid-links/bltd128a36e015578c7#:~:text=Kylian%20Mbappe%20bombshell!,Goal.com%20UK" target="_blank">Kylian Mbappe would be leaving PSG this summer</a> once his contract ends, speculation was naturally rife. Barcelona have been interested in signing the Frenchman in the past and their fans would love nothing more than to gazump Real Madrid to his signature. However, the prospect of this happening appears extremely unlikely with Laporta giving nothing away.

WHAT HAPPENED?

A fan asked Laporta if the club would be going to sign Mbappe, to which the Barca president <a href="https://twitter.com/elchiringuitotv/status/1758967734375780632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1758967734375780632%7Ctwgr%5E3569e2de43d8dc488d47a6b9f41825fa38ef1573%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.football-espana.net%2F2024%2F02%2F18%2Fyou-dont-know-anything-joan-laporta-quizzed-by-barcelona-fan-on-possibility-of-signing-kylian-mbappe" target="_blank">laughed and said</a>: "You don't know anything!"

WHAT LAPORTA SAID

As much as Laporta and Barcelona would love to bring one of the best players in the world to Camp Nou it seems improbable, if not impossible. Not only would the club have to persuade the Frenchman to choose them over Real Madrid, with whom he's been linked with<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/when-real-madrid-announce-kylian-mbappe-transfer-date-psg-exit/blt7b673b0895ea1cb4" target="_blank"> incessantly throughout his career,</a> but they also cannot afford his wages <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/revealed-barcelona-owe-over-200m-transfer-fees-leeds-man-city-bayern-raphinha-ferran-torres-robert-lewandowski/blt872f6cb7fe1694f3" target="_blank">given their financial difficulties.</a>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Mbappe will be linked with every major European club over the next few months until a decision on his future is made official. Real Madrid appears to be Mbappe's dream destination in a move which would see him link up with Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior in attack.

WHAT NEXT FOR LAPORTA AND MBAPPE?

Kylian Mbappe to Barcelona? Joan Laporta gives four-word response to fan request about PSG superstar | Goal.com

Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, gave a short answer to a fan&apos;s question about if the Catalan side would be signing Kylian Mbappe.