Rio Ferdinand has tried to leverage his relationship with Kylian Mbappe to get the French superstar to join Manchester United instead of Liverpool.
European football's rumour mill was sent into overdrive on Tuesday when Spanish outlet Marca claimed that the World Cup winner was unhappy at Paris Saint-Germain and was plotting his exit as quickly as January. With Liverpool believed to have been tracking the prolific forward, various outlets were quick to re-join the dots, with Foot Mercato describing the Reds as his "most plausible option", but former Red Devil Ferdinand took his position as a television pundit to make a direct appeal to Mbappe.
Speaking in his capacity as a pundit on BT Sport's Champions League coverage, Ferdinand said: “Kylian, we talk a lot. Come to me, speak to me and I’ll do this. I’ll do this for you, man. Come to me, we’ll do a one-to-one – we spoke last time on Between the Lines, you spoke perfect English, it was great. We can get this done, quash all the rumours and get back to playing football. One of the best players in the world, man, we want to see that.”
