Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly hasn’t been afraid to splash the cash since taking over the club last May. In just two transfer windows, Boehly and Behdad Eghbali have already invested £600million in the playing staff, including hefty fees on the likes of Raheem Sterling, Mykhailo Mudryk and Enzo Fernandez.
The latter of those additions was in fact a new British transfer record, as he joined the club in January for £106.8million. However, former Chelsea player Florent Malouda believes his old club should smash that record once again with an ambitious move for PSG star Kylian Mbappe.
This comes after the French club were knocked out of the Champions League at the round-of-16 stage for the second season running, following a 3-0 aggregate defeat to Bayern Munich. Despite being just 24 years old, Mbappe has won nearly every major honour that’s been available to him, including five Ligue 1 titles and a World Cup triumph in 2018.
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However, Europe’s biggest club competition continues to elude the French superstar, who is currently second favourite to win the 2023 Ballon d’Or with Sky Bet. Following the latest Champions League setback, many pundits have suggested the time is right in Mbappe’s career to test himself elsewhere, with Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher among those advising him to ditch PSG.
And Malouda believes Mbappe could be tempted by a move to west London and the current Chelsea project. “I’d like to see Chelsea sign Kylian Mbappe, I think we should go for top players like Mbappe,” he told DAZN Bet.
“Especially when I see the amount we spend on others. It depends on his will to come to the club, but we should go for top players like him and build a team around him.
“That would be my dream, to build a team around him with young players around him. He’s won a lot of trophies and he’s hungry for more, so this is the type of player Chelsea should look for.
“Would Mbappe be tempted by Chelsea? Anything is possible! To tempt a player like Mbappe, it’s about building a relationship. It’s about more than just preparing a big-money offer. Players are sensitive and they know a lot about football, so clubs need to develop relationships with football and if you do that, I think you can get players like Mbappe.”
Malouda, who won both the Premier League and Champions League during his time at Stamford Bridge, reached the World Cup final with France himself 12 years before Mbappe went one better by winning the whole thing. He is aware of the large sums it would involve to break Mbappe from his contract with the French giants, but believes the money involved would be worth it.
“Mbappe would be worth the transfer fee too,” he added. “Clubs who spend money on players like Mbappe will get their money back. When you look at the money PSG have invested in Mbappe, he’s delivering every game.
“You’re not making a mistake investing in talent like this. It’s about developing a relationship between player and club, the history, because for those players it’s about legacy.
“Mbappe would be worth breaking the transfer record for because he’s young. It’s not a risk, when you look at his record, he’s PSG’s leading goalscorer at 24. He’s delivering, it’s not a gamble.
“He’s in good health, looks after himself and he wants to win and make history. If I had the money, I’d go for Mbappe. When Haaland arrived at Man City, he’s strong and confident. And when you see players confident in themselves, that’s what you want to see in the Premier League.”
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