French journalist Frédéric Hermel spoke about Real Madrid's reaction to the situation with Kylian Mbappe and PSG.
"To be honest, Real Madrid did not believe that Mbappe would join them this summer. If a real war had broken out between Kylian and PSG, and the Parisians had announced on 31 August at 12:30 that they wanted to sell him, maybe then Real Madrid would have tried something. But not for 250 million euros.
There is no disappointment at Real Madrid because there was no hope of a transfer, even when Mbappe was out of the squad. The conversations I had with the Madrid management concerned the fact that this is a story exclusively between Kylian and PSG. I spoke to Perez about Mbappe's letter in which he said he would not renew his contract - Florentino was convinced that Kylian would stay at PSG this summer," said Frederic Hermel.