Kylian Mbappé joins PSG on one year loan with option to buy

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It's quite harsh, in my opinion, to suggest that on today's performance he isn't ready for a big move. His team was outclassed on the day, but he acquitted himself fairly well, I thought. Is Griezmann not ready for a big move because Real shut him and Atletico down yesterday?

He certainly seems to have all the tools. He's fast. He can dribble. He can pick a pass. He makes intelligent runs. He can score. He's done it at the highest level this season, at the age of 18. Really, he's pretty impressive.

I'd be very happy for United to bring this kid in, even at a huge fee. That said, it would be a risk. He has performed at a very high level, but the sample size remains relatively small. Last season, Rashford looked absolutely lethal for fairly long stretches (although not performing on as big a stage as Mbappe this season, and arguably at a lower performance level). This year, he's struggled at times. Most young players will have ups and downs -you just hope that the overall trajectory is up. There's no guarantees, though. Jose would have to be thoroughly convinced of his talent, work ethic and mettle before sanctioning a move.
 
Thought he played well considering. If we had a 18 year old who played like that against a defence like Juve we'd be delighted I'm sure.

I know the money is crazy but kids like this don't come around that often. Last was Neymar and I sure wish we went crazy for him at the time.
 
Finally watched him play for 90 minutes and man this kid is really really impressive. He has speed and power and clearly is a good finisher despite missing some chances yesterday. To play like that against the best defense in Europe at 18 years old? He looks like the real deal, no surprise that teams are going crazy over him, he'll end up at Madrid one day i'm sure.
 
if we're serious about potentially dominating the European football scene we'll sign him and Dembele this summer.
 
If we decide to go for this kid, the deal will probably be like the Martial' s deal. Upfront fee, then payment based on performances.
 
Jinn said:
If we decide to go for this kid, the deal will probably be like the Martial' s deal. Upfront fee, then payment based on performances.
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I'm not so sure. Martial was a bit more out of the blue was he not?

I suspect if you want Mbappe you have to go in pretty large.
 
cheeky_backheel said:
I am not faulting the kid, but it is when he can perform consistently against top opposition that he can be said to be producing. For now, he has done great for his age and shown the potential to be a great player. Whether he will develop into one is yet to be seen, but anyone paying 100m for him has to accept they are taking a huge gamble and I dont think united can afford that sort of gamble at this point.
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It's his debut season and he's already scored against City and BVB. Can't expect him to score in every big game at this age, no?
 
What's the point of signing him for 120m when he would playing for Real Madrid in his prime? He will leave to his "dream team" in 3-4 years. I would rather sign a more experienced striker than to gamble on an 18 year old.
 
wr8_utd said:
It's his debut season and he's already scored against City and BVB. Can't expect him to score in every big game at this age, no?
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People are just scared to give him credit. Not even Messi and Ronaldo are consistently brilliant ffs, yet an 18 year old kid is supposed to rip it up 100% of the time or he's a flight risk.
 
manunited1919 said:
He is not what we need, we already have too many "kids": Rashford, Martial & Pereira. I would much rather we get a proven clinical striker 26-30 years old, and keep developing the talent we already have in our hands. 120m is too much to risk on a kid from a weak league. Memphis was showing "the goods" before coming here, but he never made it with us.
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We don't need a world-beater? A supreme talent?

Sometimes man, sometimes...
 
You can't blame Monaco for demanding a silly fee.

We are probably the richest club in the world and we already gave them a shed-load for another young player who had done far less than this kid has done this season.

I'd not be against a Martial, Rashford, Mbappe, front three at United next season. Sure there'd be inconsistency, but think of the potential going forward!
 
This kid has scored against Dortmund City but is criticised for not scoring against Juventus when even MSN couldn't score against them in 180 minutes.
 
Anybody suggests that he "isn't ready" based on that game yesterday has no clue what they're talking about.

I am really pleased Jose wants him, it shows his judgement on players is still good. Whether he chooses to play elsewhere could happen, but we have to try our best.
 
If we aint interested in the kid it would be a massive disappointment, he looks the real deal, the price tag however is horrific even in an inflated market, however it aint my money so all for it.
 
On the topic pf his price. On the one hand, i think it would be madness to pay that kind of money for him now. €120/140M is what you pay for a top 3-5 player in the world, not the best young talent around. On the other hand, transfer fees are greatly overblown, it's what you pay in wages that matter. Still, generally speaking, you don't blow that kind of money on a fee and then sign the player to a £40k a week contract...

But on the other other hand...he just looks so freakishly talented...enough to justify the expense in 2-3 years.

Guess the key here would be whether there will be a chance of him leaving this summer. If he turns down whatever offer and decides to stay at monaco, that would be ideal
 
I'd be delighted to see him at our club. I don't think his age will be a problem. For a start he'll take the league by storm in the first season. He might have a second season dip but by that time it will be Rashford and Martials 4th season in the first team, I expect them to be fluid mature performers by then, we shouldn't notice any second season syndrome effects at team level.

My only reservation is if we spend so much on him, will we be buying a CB, a Carrick replacement and Greizmann too? I think we really need those 3 positions being filled.
 
Couldn't care less about what he costs us.If he ends up being quality he'd be worth the 100m he might cost. if not, we'll sell him and recover half the price anyway. Besides, we clearly make enough money to splash the cash if required
 
Rozay said:
He may well want to end up there, who knows, but this thing has been blown way out of proportion and his 'love for Real Madrid' seems to be growing day by day in the internet, and a lazy observer would be excused for not stopping to ask what the feck has he said that has confessed some 'massive love' for Real?

He had posters when he was 14? Is that it? Perhaps his live for Real is almost as big as Pogba's was this time last year.
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This.

I remember having a few posters of Freddie Ljungberg playing for Arsenal as while I was younger. That never made me support Arsenal as an adult.

People, and especially kids do change.
 
It is unfair to use Juve defense (something built and ingrained into a cohesive unit since 2011 and counting) as benchmark for an 18 yo, you can't really expect him cracking that nut as a kind of magic. If you want to use Juve as a benchmark for strikers efficiency, then you should go for Icardi, who is the most consistent pain in the a*s for Buffon & Co. since his Sampdoria time. PS. It could be Mbappe is going to crash Juve out in Turin on Tues but would you really take that single performance as a sign of durable greatness worth £100m+?
 
Adam-Utd said:
Anybody suggests that he "isn't ready" based on that game yesterday has no clue what they're talking about.

I am really pleased Jose wants him, it shows his judgement on players is still good. Whether he chooses to play elsewhere could happen, but we have to try our best.
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I don't think he is ready. He is a huge talent and he is showing it on the big stage but he needs to improve his game, particularly when it comes to 1v1 battles with astute CBs. Also a year or two in France dominating defenses will give him a lot of confidence particularly if he plays regularly for France and in CL for Monaco.
 
Adam-Utd said:
Anybody suggests that he "isn't ready" based on that game yesterday has no clue what they're talking about.

I am really pleased Jose wants him, it shows his judgement on players is still good. Whether he chooses to play elsewhere could happen, but we have to try our best.
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How do you know this? Anyone putting faith in an Italian journalist story that was published the night before an Italian team play a CL semi-final against said players team is naive.
 
LonelyFire said:
How do you know this? Anyone putting faith in an Italian journalist story that was published the night before an Italian team play a CL semi-final against said players team is naive.
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The first news he wanted him was after the City/Dortmund game I believe. Only the news of the bid broke on Tuesday, but a spanish newspaper had leaked it a week before that anyway.

http://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/tutti-pazzi-per-mbappe-e-mourinho-stregato-lo-osserva

Dated 27th March.
 
Anyone who is worried about us spending money on one of (if not THE) the world's most exciting young talents is crazy. People have referenced Neymar 5 years ago and I totally agree, this feels the same. We need to jump on this when we can. Feck the bean counters, we are a money club, as have been and probably always will be. This makes us an easy target but who doesn't want the best of the best at their club?
 
We should get Beckham to speak to him about the benefits of going to us before Real Madrid, about pressures to succeed there and how he should wait until he is nearer his prime.

Think he will stay for another season at Monaco though and go for even crazier money unless he suffers second season syndrome.
 
If this lad has the potential to be the next Messi/fat Ronaldo we should prioritise him over Griezmann, as personally I don't think he can ever quite reach that level.

We already have plenty of cover in the No.10 position, and if Gomes is as good as everyone says, he'll surely be in the first team within a couple of years.

An interchangeable front three of Rashford-Martial-Mbappe could be incredible.
 
OohAahMartial said:
We should get Beckham to speak to him about the benefits of going to us before Real Madrid, about pressures to succeed there and how he should wait until he is nearer his prime.

Think he will stay for another season at Monaco though and go for even crazier money unless he suffers second season syndrome.
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Yeah was thinking this last night.

There must be some way we can recruit Beckham as a global ambassador. Pay him whatever he wants - he's an icon for the generation coming through now and could really counteract the pulling power of RM and Barca (as well as helping us tie up more commercial deals).

But I'm sure the board has thought about this already, so maybe Beckham just isn't up for it.
 
JohnnyKills said:
Yeah was thinking this last night.

There must be some way we can recruit Beckham as a global ambassador. Pay him whatever he wants - he's an icon for the generation coming through now and could really counteract the pulling power of RM and Barca (as well as helping us tie up more commercial deals).

But I'm sure the board has thought about this already, so maybe Beckham just isn't up for it.
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I thought he was an ambassador already, no?

I don't care if he goes to Real after us, we got a lot out of Ronaldo while he was with us as well as a lot of money. Buy him for 120 and sell for 250 later.
 
OohAahMartial said:
We should get Beckham to speak to him about the benefits of going to us before Real Madrid, about pressures to succeed there and how he should wait until he is nearer his prime.

Think he will stay for another season at Monaco though and go for even crazier money unless he suffers second season syndrome.
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We should get beckham to tell him United are a stepping stone for him to go to Madrid? Don't think I like that idea
 
OohAahMartial said:
I thought he was an ambassador already, no?

I don't care if he goes to Real after us, we got a lot out of Ronaldo while he was with us as well as a lot of money. Buy him for 120 and sell for 250 later.
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Don't think he's actually an ambassador although he's been linked with such a role several times.

And you're right, if we get six good years out of him and then sell him for a profit it's a great deal. We wouldn't get a six-fold profit like we did with Ronaldo but still definitely worth it.

Think people are overestimating Real Madrid's financial power as well. They've got to rebuild their stadium very soon, which will cost an absolute fortune. They don't have any more assets they can conveniently sell to the government to raise money, and Spain is quite big on corruption at the moment so any dodgy deals would be flushed out.
 
JPRouve said:
I don't think he is ready. He is a huge talent and he is showing it on the big stage but he needs to improve his game, particularly when it comes to 1v1 battles with astute CBs. Also a year or two in France dominating defenses will give him a lot of confidence particularly if he plays regularly for France and in CL for Monaco.
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I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 1-1 battles, but do you really think this young man lacks confidence?
 
Cliche Guevara said:
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 1-1 battles, but do you really think this young man lacks confidence?
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No, I think that he should build himself a lot more because life outside of Monaco will be different, he needs to build an unbreakable confidence.
 
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