Managing Madrid
Kylian Mbappe signed his contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain this Saturday, deciding to give up on playing for Real Madrid. There are many things to discuss about this unprecedented saga, but here are the main takeaways about it.
- Oil money can’t be defeated. Real Madrid are one of the richest clubs in world football yet they simply can’t compete with Qatar. PSG have an unlimited budget and they were willing to do whatever it took to keep Mbappe around. Many Real Madrid fans, analysts and journalists alike assumed Mbappe would sign for Madrid as a free agent, but some others had concerns and we knew how difficult it would be for the player to reject all the money he was going to get offered. In the end, PSG got the win and…