Marcel Desailly wanted Kylian Mbappe to move to the Saudi Pro League over LaLiga giants Real Madrid.
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00:00 Last year, I wrote a letter to the clerk that he was not staying, he was free of contract for this summer.
00:09 I said it already, I'll move to a different continent for him.
00:16 I'm not sure Madrid is the perfect place for him to be.
00:20 We've said it, we have Vinicius on the left side, we have players showing great ability.
00:28 I think Erlingham is not going to be the full number one the way he wants.
00:33 If you think about the business of football, I'll go for 350 million for Saudi for a year.
00:39 Come back next season, the year of the World Cup, having 26 years old and a half, cash out, playing football.
00:47 What do you think he would consider leaving the very top end of European football to go and play for a year in Saudi Arabia?
00:58 This is what I think, this is what I feel as a businessman.
01:04 I would say, look only at the business side of it, it's still competitive Saudi.
01:10 No it's not.
01:12 Look at the stadiums, they are full, the broadcasts are coming in quite numbers to diffuse the match.
01:19 I do believe that this could be an opportunity for him to make more business and to still continue to play football after the Euro, after a competitive Euro.