On this Patron-only episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Lucas Navarrete discuss:

- An oral history of the Mbappe situation this week

- The context needed for Florentino Perez’s quotes this week in El Debat

- What does it mean when PSG say “Mbappe can’t leave for free”?

- The chances of signing Kylian Mbappe this winter

- Does it make sense at all?

- The quotes from Mbappe’s mother

- Why didn’t Real Madrid try to sign Serge Aurier?

- How much as Gareth Bale’s absence hit us?

- Stefano Pioli’s proposed rule changes to football

- Our own rule change suggestions

- The best place to sit at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

- And more.

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Lucas Navarrete (@LucasNavarreteM)