Mbappes transfer to PSG most successful football deal: Monaco FC VP

Moscow Sep 4 (IANS) The transfer of French teenage forward Kylian Mbappe from Monaco FC to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was the most successful transfer deal in the history of football Vadim Vasilyev the vice president of the principality club said on Monday.

Mbappe 18 joined PSG on a season-long loan but the French football club has an option to buy him out on a deal until June 30 2022. According to L Equipe Paris Saint-Germain will pay for the deal 180 million euros ($214 million).

"It was a very tough deal " Vasilyev said in an interview with Tass news agency. "Initially we did not want to let the footballer play for our opponent. I have cultivated very good relations with the player and his parents particularly with his father who also acts as his agent."

"When I heard their opinions regarding why he wants to move to Paris I accepted them and we began difficult and tiresome negotiations with PSG " he said. "I think that this deal turned out to be the most successful in the world of football."

According to Vasilyev the deal s price tag was within the market framework and Monaco FC had proposals similar to those of other clubs as well.

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