Emery: Mbappe wanted to go to Real Madrid with his eyes closed Ligue 1 Managed to persuade forward to stay at PSG

Unai Emery has revealed that Kylian Mbappe wanted to leave Paris Saint-Germain for Real Madrid during the Spaniard's time in charge of the Ligue 1 club.

The French forward has recently spoken about the possibility of leaving PSG if he doesn't get a more important role at the club.

"We all made an effort [to persuade him to stay]," Emery told El Laguero on Cadena Ser.

"I spoke with him, with his father, to convince him to stay at PSG. He wanted to go to Real Madrid. He even had the option of going to Barcelona.

"He went with his eyes closed, he wanted to leave for Real Madrid.

"Between us, we managed to convince him that there was a project in France, we were able to persuade him to stay. He also spoke about putting sums of money on the table and PSG did that."

Real Madrid will have been alerted by Mbappe's recent comments, who is frustrated that his team can't compete for the Champions League title.