Real Madrid Insider Jokes About Potential Kylian Mbappé Swap Deal with PSG for Rising Star | OneFootball

Whether it’s fair or not, Bradley Barcola and Kylian Mbappé will be compared this 2024-25 season since the 21-year-old replaces Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time leading goal scorer on the left wing.

Nonetheless, Barcola is striving as the left wing at PSG so far through three matches this campaign. While Mbappé struggled out of the gate, he did record a brace in the 2-0 win over Real Betis.

French radio presenter and TV writer Cyril Hanouna stated in his interview with Europe 1 that someone close to Real Madrid joked about wanting to make a swap proposal to the Parisians with Mbappé heading back to the capital club and Barcola heading to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

“Barcola has never played so well,” Hanouna said (h/t Le10Sport). “He is going to have an exceptional season. You know what someone very close to Real Madrid told me? He called me and said, ‘Don’t you want to swap Barcola for Mbappé? Mbappé comes back, and we take Barcola.’ I swear it’s true, just to show you where they stand.”

The capital club is a young team with an average age of 23.7, so there will be peaks and valleys. Nonetheless, supporters hope that this squad can handle the adversities of the Champions League, which is a challenging league phase.