The Kylian Mbappe transfer row has escalated further after the head of Ligue 1 wrote a letter to his opposite number in Spain calling out “disrespectful smears” and referring to Real Madrid and Barcelona benefiting from “illegal state aid.”
Vincent Labrune has said that Javier Tebas, who last week claimed Mbappe’s decision to sign a €300m contract to remain at Paris Saint-Germain was “an insult to football” , has “denigrated” the French game with claims that are “both unacceptable and manifestly false.”
He also namechecked Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos leaving Spain “by choice” last summer - to join Mbappe at PSG, who have won eight of the past ten domestic titles. Mbappe, 23, signed a deal to remain in Paris until 2025 having reportedly verbally agreed to joining Real earlier in the campaign.
