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title: "Mbappe confirms he met with Wenger about Arsenal move"
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# Mbappe confirms he met with Wenger about Arsenal move

PSG forward Kylian Mbappe has revealed that he met with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to discuss a move to the club last month.

The forward completed a mega move to PSG during the summer transfer window, joining on a season-long loan with the option to buy for €180m.

PSG presumably signed Mbappe on loan to avoid financial fair play regulations, having already signed Neymar from PSG for €222m earlier in the window.

The official permanent transfer next summer will make Mbappe the world’s most expensive ever striker in history.

![Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/843384882.jpg)

However, it could have gone differently for Mbappe, who has admitted that he met with Wenger before his move to PSG.

Mbappe says that Arsenal were a serious option, but he ended up deciding to join PSG – whom he has supported since a very young age.

[Speaking to The Telegraph,](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/09/06/kylian-mbappe-arsenal-wanted-wanted-go-home-psg/) Mbappe said this:

> Yes, I met with Arsene Wenger, who is a great coach.

> He has a great reputation here in France, he’s well-respected and knows how to develop young players. This was a real option for me. But, of course, Paris Saint-Germain was the main option.

Arsenal signed Sead Kolasinac and Alexandre Lacazette over the summer.