Real Madrid hint at Kylian Mbappe transfer in January after PSG superstar announces he wants to join LaLiga giants

REAL MADRID president Florentino Perez has hinted Los Blancos may sign Kylian Mbappe in January.

It comes after the Paris Saint-Germain superstar confirmed he wants to move to the Bernabeu.

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Perez told El Debate: "In January we will have news about Mbappe.

"We hope that on January 1 everything can be solved."

Real fans naturally got excited as it seemed the Frenchman would be arriving a few months sooner than they had expected.

But Perez spoke again soon after to clarify his comments and said: "My words were misinterpreted.

"What I said is that we have to wait until next year to hear from him, always with respect to PSG with whom we have good relations."

Mbappe, 22, gave a revealing interview to L'Equipe this week and admitted he did want to leave PSG for Real this summer.

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And the forward also said PSG signing Lionel Messi has NOT changed his mind.

The World Cup winner's contract expires at the end of the season and he is expected to leave on a free.

And in a blow to potential Premier League suitors, he said: "I was NOT changing my mind because of Leo Messi's arrival…

"It’s a privilege, he’s great but I don’t make decisions on sudden impulses.

"I had made my decisions and I had thought long and hard about it.

'I WANTED TO LEAVE'

"What could make me stay at PSG? We're far from it… since I wanted to leave Paris this summer.

"I'm not going to be the hypocrite, my ambition was clear. We will see what happens - my future is not my priority now

"I am attached to PSG, and if I had left this summer, it would have only been for Real Madrid.

"I continued playing in August and I had no problem with that. Why did I want to leave?

"I thought my adventure was over. If I had left, it would only have been to Real Madrid. Leaving PSG was the next logical step."

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Despite his apparent lack of a long-term future in Paris, Mbappe has insisted that he will remain professional this season.

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He added: "This season you will never see behaviour from me like 'You guys didn’t let me go, I'm going to take it easy'.

"I love football too much and I have too much respect for PSG, and for myself, to ease off even one match."

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