{"id":13686,"date":"2024-03-19T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=424458"},"modified":"2024-03-19T19:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:30:35","slug":"its-not-that-clever-to-sign-kylian-mbappe-now-says-ratcliffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/its-not-that-clever-to-sign-kylian-mbappe-now-says-ratcliffe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s not that clever to sign Kylian Mbappe now,\u201d says Ratcliffe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United\u2019s stake holder Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said that he doesn\u2019t think signing Kylian Mbappe now is ideal for the club due to the price tag. Mbappe has already made the decision of leaving PSG at the end of the season and many teams is now expected to be in the zone to get him for the next season. However Real Madrid are already in advanced talks with the player as reported by Fabrizio Romano.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Jim Ratcliffe, holding a 25% stake in Manchester United, has weighed in on the club\u2019s potential pursuit of football sensation Kylian Mbappe. In a recent statement, Ratcliffe cautioned against the idea of acquiring Mbappe due to the astronomical price tag attached to the deal.<\/p>\n<p>With Mbappe\u2019s impending departure from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the end of the season, numerous clubs have expressed interest in securing his services. However, Ratcliffe believes that Manchester United should exercise prudence in their approach to such a high-profile transfer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that clever to sign Kylian Mbappe now,\u201d remarked Ratcliffe, underscoring the financial implications of such a move. Despite Mbappe\u2019s undeniable talent and potential to elevate any team, Ratcliffe advocates for a more strategic and economically sensible approach.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire businessman\u2019s comments come at a time when Real Madrid has emerged as frontrunners in the race to sign Mbappe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United\u2019s 25% stake holder Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said that he doesn\u2019t think signing Kylian Mbappe now is ideal for the club due to the price tag. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":34487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[449,447,266],"class_list":["post-13686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-kylian-mbappe","tag-psg","tag-real-madrid"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}