Kylian Mbappe tried to persuade Robert Lewandowski to plant Barcelona this summer and sign with Paris Saint-Germain, a club that made him a firm offer after learning of his desire to leave Bayern Munich. As ‘Le Parisien’ explains, the French star secretly met Lewandowski during the Cannes Film Festival and asked him to agree to join the Parisian project, but the Polish striker reaffirmed his hopes of playing for Barcelona and PSG ended his withdrawal from his offer. Footballer
The secret meeting took place during the AIDS Solidarity Dinner organized by amfAR and was attended by the two football stars, along with other movie stars. There was a side between the players in which Mbappe told him that he decided to continue with Paris Saint-Germain because a great sporting project was going to take place and asked him to study the Parisian proposal, considering that he is a vital football player to be able to win. Champions League
Paris Saint-Germain’s interest had already arrived weeks ago, when the club’s new sporting director, Luis Campos, made it clear to the Paris Saint-Germain leaders that Lewandowski was the perfect complement in attack to Mbappe. The owners of Paris Saint-Germain spoke with the pole’s agent, Shark Zahawi, to transfer the interest to him and made it clear that they were ready to pay him 50 million euros. They were even willing to wait for Barcelona to withdraw from the bid because they were convinced that the Blaugrana club would not be able to face the process due to its financial problems
According to ‘Le Parisien’, Lewandowski thanked him for the interest and respect shown to Mbappe, but told him his decision was to play for Barcelona because he was excited about the Blaugrana project and wanted to live in Barcelona. From there, PSG withdrew from the bid and went for other market targets
PSG’s interest in Lewandowski clearly clashed with Neymar’s continuity at PSG. Mbappe renewed his commitment that he would have the authority to make decisions in the sports project, and for this reason, Luis Campos arrived to guide the sports field. From there, the intention was to get rid of the Brazilian and sign Lewandowski to improve the team’s offensive performance. Nothing or the other was possible and that’s part of Mbappe’s anger that he thinks they cheated him when he renewed
