Kylian Mbappe has Liverpool AND Arsenal exploring transfer blockbuster as Real Madrid approach with caution

Kylian Mbappe has yet to make a decision on where he will play next season amidst approaches from the English Premier League and Spain.

The France international's contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires at the end of this season, leaving him free to negotiate terms with other suitors from New Year's Day. A key factor in Mbappe's decision making will be to sign for a club where he can convert his long-held status as heir apparent to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo into the formal recognition of a first Ballon d'Or.

The 24-year-old – voted third in the 2023 edition of the world footballer of the year award – believes he needs to be at a Champions League winning club for that to happen. Now in his seventh season at PSG, Mbappe has played in just one Champions League Final, a single-goal loss to Bayern Munich in 2020.

The French club host Newcastle United tonight in their fifth Group F game with progress to the knock-out stages in the balance. PSG enter the match a point behind Borussia Dortmund following two wins and two defeats this campaign; just three points separate the German leaders from fourth-placed Newcastle, while AC Milan lie third.

PSG's hierarchy considers their first team to be a work in progress having brought Luis Enrique in to bring rigorous coaching to an aggressively overhauled squad. Eleven senior players were signed in the summer window in which the majority of the club's high earning, high-status footballers were moved on. Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos left as free agents while Neymar and Marco Verratti were sold to the Saudi Pro League.

According to sources close to the player, Mbappe has been impressed with the summer changes, expressing his content with the progress of a younger, more