Is Kylian Mbappé holding up Alexandre Mendy’s Sunderland move? | OneFootball

According to Foot Mercato, the family of Kylian Mbappé are holding up Alexandre Mendy’s (30) pending move to Sunderland amid their potential takeover of Ligue 2 club Caen. The Mbappé family want to speak to the 30-year-old to convince him to stay before moving to the EFL Championship club.

As reported by Foot Mercato, Mendy has chosen to join Sunderland during the summer transfer window. Seeking a new challenge abroad, the Ligue 2 top goalscorer has not travelled with Caen for their preseason training camp in Switzerland to pursue a move to the North East club. The Caen striker chose Sunderland ahead of a host of clubs including Sampdoria and Al-Riyad.

It remains to be seen whether the desire for the Mbappé family to meet Mendy will influence his choice and prevent him from joining the Black Cats.  However, one week on from Sunderland agreeing to sign the striker, there have been no further developments in the move with the Real Madrid forward’s family intervening.

GFFN | Liam Wraith