The official announcement of signing of Kylian Mbappé for Real Madrid has once again turned into news an old statements by Javier Bordas.
The one who was the manager responsible for the first team during the mandates of Sandro Rosell y Joseph Maria Bartomeu unveiled in April 2024 in ‘The beach bar’ what The Barça technicians preferred Dembélé over Mbappéwhom he saw almost signed for the culé team.
“If I had ordered, Mbappé would have come to FC Barcelona”Bordas acknowledged.
“When they paid 222 million euros for Neymar, we had money to sign him. The sports commission was clear about signing Ousmane Dembélé,” explained the former Barça manager during the mandates of Rosell and Bartomeu.
I went for Kylian Mbappé and spoke with his father… They would have come
Javier Bordas
Javier Bordas shared that despite the opinion of the technicians “I went for Kylian Mbappé and spoke with his father… They would have come. There was a moment, on the 30th, when I thought we were bringing him in.”
Javier Bordas: “Mbappé, who did not want to go to Madrid, was able to come to Barcelona for 100 million”
In May 2023 Javier Bordas already explained in the podcast ‘Nude Project’ that “I moved for Mbappé. He could have come to Barça. We didn’t specify a price, but I would have gone for 100 million. It was for Minguella.”
Javier Bordas
“PSG took away Neymar from us and we wanted to sign a winger. The coaches told us that Dembélé was the one to play because of the other players we had. There was the option of bringing both of them. Mbappé didn’t want to go to Madrid because Bale was there, Benzema and Cristiano. Barça went for Dembélé and then for Coutinho,” he recalled.
2024-06-04 04:31:17
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