Real Madrid s dream of signing Kylian Mbappe may have to wait.
Mbappe, 21, has regularly been linked with LaLiga s champions after starring for Paris Saint-Germain.
But the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic are seemingly set to hurt Madrid s chances of landing the star.
TOP STORY – REAL MADRID CAN T AFFORD MBAPPE NEXT YEAR
Madrid cannot afford a deal to sign PSG star Mbappe next year, according to Le Parisien.
It comes with finances of clubs around the world hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.
PSG : le Real Madrid aurait-il les moyens de payer le salaire de Mbappé ?
— Le Parisien (@le_Parisien)
Mbappe, who is contracted until 2022, has scored nine goals in 11 games in all competitions this season.
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Pep Guardiola is worried about Manchester City s fixture pile up as the runaway Premier League leaders also challenge in the Champions League, FA Cup and EFL Cup.
A remarkable quartet of trophies is a possibility for City this season, with Guardiola s high-flying side 13 points clear in the Premier League – an advantage which could extend to 16 following their trip to Crystal Palace Sunday.
City are also in the last 16 of the Champions League, the EFL Cup semi-finals and the third round of the FA Cup.
Guardiola, however, has concerns over City s challenge on four different title fronts.
I am worried about that, said Guardiola. Four competitions, I don t know if we will be able to do that.
The schedule you have to be careful. I am worried beca…
Several quizzical eyebrows are likely to have been lifted in Anfield and its surrounding areas when it was revealed Jurgen Klopp had left both Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino out of the starting XI for Wednesday s Merseyside derby.
The fixture congestion Liverpool, runaway leaders in the Premier League title race, are about to face has already been well-documented, but the decision to omit two members of their star-studded forward line for a derby game in which defeat would give hope to the chasing pack appeared a bizarre one on the surface.
Any Liverpool fan concerned by the five changes made to Klopp s XI need not have worried, as the third member of an attacking triumvirate that has tormented the Premier League produced a dazzling display, while the man who settled…
Papiss Cisse and Jack Colback boosted Newcastle United s survival hopes as the strugglers produced a brilliant second-half display to draw 2-2 with Liverpool on Rafael Benitez s latest return to Anfield.
Liverpool entered Saturday s Premier League contest in a rich vein of form, including a 4-0 battering of Merseyside rivals Everton on Wednesday, and they appeared in cruise control at half-time.
Daniel Sturridge scored in the second minute to make it four goals in as many league games, before Adam Lallana s fine effort on the half hour deservedly made it 2-0.
But Benitez knows a thing about comebacks having led Liverpool to Champions League glory in 2005 after being 3-0 down against AC Milan at half-time, and Cisse s header after the break started the revival.