Rio Ferdinand hatches plan to get Man Utd to sign Kylian Mbappe and declares himself ‘Agent Ferdy’

Rio Ferdinand has launched an ambitious plan for Manchester United to sign Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe and has declared himself ‘Agent Ferdy’.

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Mbappe has asked to leave PSG and wants to join Real Madrid in the January transfer window, according to widespread reports in France and Spain.

Marca report that PSG were open to the idea of Mbappe leaving in July – but made it clear that he would not be sold to Real Madrid – his preferred destination.

PSG would be willing to sell Mbappe to Liverpool, though United legend Ferdinand wants Mbappe to consider joining Erik ten Hag’s side instead.

Ferdinand tweeted a picture of himself alongside Mbappe on Tuesday night, replying to a tweet from England cricketer Sam Billings who posted: ‘@ManUtd just get it done! Agent Rio it has to happen @rioferdy5.’

The former United defender then tweeted ‘WhatsApp me bro @KMbappe’ and posted a video, in which he said: ‘Kylian, we talk a lot.

‘Just come to me. Speak to me. I’ll do this for you man. Just come to me, we’ll do a one-to-one.

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‘We spoke last time on [BT Sport show] Between the Lines and you know what, you spoke perfect English. It was great. We can get this done.

‘Get back to playing football. One of the best players in the world, man. We want to see that, that’s what we want to see.’

Ferdinand then tweeted again, this time a GIF of himself greeting Mbappe, with the caption: ‘Done Deal #AgentFerdy.’

<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Done Deal âï¸ #AgentFerdy pic.twitter.com/T0TlTtIKCV

Mbappe signed a new three-year contract with French champions PSG in May, which temporarily put an end to his constant