DONE DEAL – Liverpool agreed club record signing after player accepted transfer

In football, looking back is always a lovely thing, but it can also be a means of delving into the past and speculating about “what-could-have-been” scenarios.

Liverpool supporters may consider the scenario in which Kylian Mbappe had joined the team in 2022.

News: Liverpool is willing to accept a reasonable offer to ensure a star’s £225,000 weekly departure.

French publication L’Equipe claims that this transfer may have actually occurred over the summer of the previous two years. Despite having recently signed a contract extension, the World Cup winner explicitly requested to leave PSG, feeling deceived by the team’s project.

After Mbappe approved the transfer, Liverpool verbally agreed to a club record deal costing £168.7 million in order to sign the current Real Madrid sensation.

Although PSG would have loved to send him to Anfield instead of the Bernabeu, it did not transpire because, according to the other side of the tale that the well-known media outlet mentioned, the Reds failed to submit a formal request.

One of the greatest football players in the world was greatly admired by the manager at the time, Jurgen Klopp, and he wanted to try very hard to sign him. Just think of the possibilities for Liverpool if they had signed Mbappe.

Did Liverpool have a right to sign Mbappe?
The Frenchman would have completely changed Liverpool’s athletic landscape. But as you delve farther, fundamental problems begin to show up. Above all, Klopp would not have had his pressing structure available.

Since he is not the world’s best presser, Mbappe would rather save energy and cause chaos by sprinting at opposing defences. For Liverpool to get the most out of the 25-year-old, they would have needed to alter their footballing philosophy.

The wage structure that Liverpool has been maintaining for a while would have been completely destroyed by signing Mbappe.

At Real Madrid, he presently makes about £1,173,885 a week, and the Reds can’t even begin to conceive paying one player that much money.

When everything is taken into account, Liverpool will benefit more from this move not occurring in 2022. Now that he’s settled in at Real Madrid, Mbappe appears to be here to stay.

Regarding the Merseysiders, they are embarking on a new project under Arne Slot, and our current course of action will prove advantageous in the future.