Open Thread: December 29, 2021

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Is it possible to sign Mbappe and Haaland.

According to Marca, “all the money will be to reinforce the attack” is the message from a Real Madrid meeting. There is optism in the club to sign Mbappé and Haaland.

Mbappé gave an interview to CNN confirming that he is not joining Real Madrid on January and he’ll finish this season with PSG.

However, Real wants to sign the pre-contract with Mbappé in January, as soon as possible If the player wants to wait for the face-off between Real and PSG is another matter, but the club don’t want to wait.

Rudiger: not a done deal.

Fabrizio Romano, who is considered a reliable source regarding transfers rumours, said Real Madrid and Rüdiger are discussing the signing, but it is not a done deal. According to Romano, Bayern cannot pay what Rüdiger wants. PSG always had an interest in him.

According to AS, Rüdiger is not a priority, as Real Madrid likes the Militão-Alaba duo and Rüdiger’s arrival would mean Alaba would be a left-back with Mendy as an alternative.

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