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title: "Mbappe urged to make summer move to Liverpool"
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author: "Henry Jackson"
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published: "2020-02-04T13:00:00Z"
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# Mbappe urged to make summer move to Liverpool

Kylian Mbappe should join Liverpool this summer, according to former Arsenal striker Ian Wright.

The 21-year-old Paris Saint-Germain superstar has been [linked](https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2019/12/10/5deed66f22601d9d4e8b458d.html) with the Reds in recently. He even talked up Jurgen Klopp’s side in an [interview with the BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51184842), labelling them as a “machine”.

Speaking on [The Monday Night Club on BBC Radio 5 Live](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dztr) (03/02/20 – 7:35 pm), with quotes provided by the [Liverpool Echo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kylian-mbappe-psg-liverpool-transfer-17684100), Wright talked up the idea of Mbappe becoming a Red:

> You look at Mbappe looking across the way. You can probably see him coming across here. I’d probably want to go to Liverpool \[ahead of City\] right now. Any player in the world with Liverpool, especially this season.
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> This has taken like four years where \[Klopp\] is now so you have to say that Liverpool are at the start of it now.
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> So if you’re a world class player you probably want to get there now because it seems to me, like we saw with Pep where he’s had two years of unbelievable football, but I feel that Liverpool are really getting ready to build something special.
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> If I’m Mbappe, I probably am looking at Liverpool. Where else do you want to go, if you’re Mbappe now?

### Read Liverpool Verdict

In my opinion, Mbappe is the best signing Liverpool could possibly make this summer. With Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo now in their 30s, Mbappe both represents a long-term addition and is someone who could thrive immediately, having scored [60 goals in 72 Ligue 1 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kylian-mbappe/detaillierteleistungsdaten/spieler/342229) for PSG and already picked up a [World Cup winners’ medal](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44754965) with France.

I view him as the most exciting player of his generation, and someone who draws [comparisons](https://ronaldo.com/football-news/the-kylian-mbappe-stat-that-compares-him-to-ronaldo/) with past striking legends [Ronaldo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJgtX4TPgxI) and [Thierry Henry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_aJd7nLj1U), in terms of style. Blisteringly quick, incredibly gifted and ruthless in the final third, Mbappe has already [scored over 100 career goals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylian_Mbapp%C3%A9) by the age of 21.

For the Reds to have any chance of signing him, I believe one of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino may have to leave, though. I simply don’t see a scenario where the trio and Mbappe could all fit in the same squad, given their need for regular playing time.

They could potentially work in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Firmino dropping deep, but that may be too attacking against top class opponents, in my opinion. The midfield could be at risk of being outrun and it would be a case of fitting too many superstars into the same starting line-up.

It is a pipe dream of a transfer, in my opinion, with [long-term admirers](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/kylian-mbappe-transfer-real-madrid-20983447) Real Madrid arguably more likely to pay his vast wages and price tag. The lure of playing under his [hero](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/mbappe-reveals-that-zidane-was-his-first-idol/1lc6kly7pm20b1v7trqowscvby) Zinedine Zidane at Santiago Bernabeu could also appeal to the Frenchman.