'Mbappe should go to Saudi!' - Desailly disagrees with Real Madrid move - video Dailymotion

France legend Marcel Desailly thinks Real Madrid is the wrong fit for Kylian Mbappe because of the squad depth

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00:00 Last year, a letter to the clerk that he was not staying, he was free of contract for this summer.

00:09 So, I said it already, I'll move to a different continent for him.

00:16 And 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 that Willingham is not going to be the full number one the way he wants.

00:33 And not announcing where he's going is also, even though he wants to keep it and announce it as a star,

00:40 there must be something behind it, a surprise.

00:43 If you think about the business of the football, I'll go for 350 million for Saudi for a year.

00:49 Come back next season, the year of the World Cup, having 26 years old and a half, cash out, playing football.

00:57 What do you think he would consider leaving high end, the very top end of European football,

01:05 to go and play for a year in Saudi Arabia?

01:08 This is what I think, this is what I feel as a businessman.

01:14 I would say, look only at the business side of it, it's still competitive, Saudi.

01:20 No, it's not.

01:22 Look at the stadiums, they are full, the broadcasts are coming quite in numbers to diffuse the match.

01:29 I do believe that this could be an opportunity for him to make more business

01:33 and to still continue to play football after the Euro, after a competitive Euro.