Mohamed Salah's uncertainty cost Liverpool the chance to sign Kylian Mbappé ahead of Real Madrid, source reveals

Liverpool had a real chance to lure Kylian Mbappe to Anfield ahead of Real Madrid this summer, a French football expert told talkSPORT.

However, the current uncertainty over Jurgen Klopp's replacement and whether or not Mohamed Salah Staying at the club next season worked against him, with the superstar now on his way to Spain.

Mbappé has ended years of speculation this week by finally reaching an agreement to leaves Paris Saint-Germain and joins Real Madrid – and for an amazing amount of money.

Fulfill a childhood dream for him world cup winnerbut those links with a possible move to Merseyside never went away.

In recent years it has been mentioned how much he admires Mbappé. Liverpool and Klopp, while his mother is also believed to be a big Reds fan, prompting reports that he was open to joining the Premier League giants.

However, wages were always going to be a big obstacle and it now appears that a deal with Liverpool for Mbappé would only have worked on one condition: cashing in on Salah.

Liverpool rejected an offer of Saudi Arabia valued at around £150 million for its Egyptian king last summer, but it is expected Interest in the goal-machine striker will be revived. this June.

If that happened, the Reds would have had a realistic chance of landing Mbappe in what would have been the biggest Premier League deal in history.

The only problem is that, according to French soccer expert Julien Laurens, he wasn't willing to wait to find out.

When asked if there was ever a chance of Mbappé going to Anfield, Laurens said Jim White and Simon Jordan on talkSPORT: “It's a good question. I think there was probably a chance at some point.

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“But it's not a bad thing for the Premier League that they couldn't attract him, because the fact is that Real Madrid was always the club he wanted to play for.

“When Kylian Mbappé As a child he learned Spanish at school, and when you asked him why he said it was because of the day he would appear at the Bernabéu as a Real Madrid player. The boy's drive and ambition was something else.

“So I don't think it's a bad look at the Premier League or Liverpool to say they couldn't attract one of the best players in the world, it's just that it's Real Madrid. They could be tenth in LaLiga and I would still have gotten there.

“However, the fact that Klopp left and announced his departure, while Carlo Ancelotti remains at Real Madrid, the uncertainty in Liverpool about who will be the coach next season, whether Mo Salah will still be there (it worked in his against). ).

“I don't think they could have signed Mbappé with Salah still in the squad, they don't have the money.

“If Mo Salah leaves then it's a different story, but Kylian wouldn't have waited to see if Salah stays or goes, so I think it wasn't the right time.

“And that doesn't mean he can't come to Liverpool one day, because it's a club he really likes.”