The Mbappé conundrum: good enough for any team, too expensive for most

We’re not sure shades will do enough to hide his identity while he tries to sneak out of Paris. Photograph: Mohammed Badra/EPA

FRENCH CONNECTION?

Following the revelation that Kylian Mbappé intends to leave Paris Saint-Germain when his contract expires this summer, Football Daily immediately presumed talk at today’s round of top-flight managerial press conferences would turn to potential destinations for the French superstar striker. “Are you eating a sandwich, in front of me, a Premier League manager?” we envisaged an apoplectic Chris Wilder inquiring, as a local reporter dabbed what looked like sauce from a Greggs chicken baguette from around his lips, before enquiring about the possibility of Mbappé pitching up at Bramall Lane on a free.