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I love Saka but Arsenal should swap him for Mbappe if they get chance

talksport.com, 16 February 2024, 11:02
Arsenal fan Darren Bent has begrudgingly admitted that he'd swap Bukayo Saka if it meant signing Kylian Mbappe for Arsenal.

The former Premier League striker is an avid Gunners supporter and was discussing a possible move for the French forward.

It comes after news emerged that Mbappe has communicated his desire to leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer upon the expiry of his contract.

Mbappe's current deal is worth an estimated £200million per year, meaning that any club will need to break the bank in order to tempt the French superstar to their club.

Real Madrid remain frontrunners, but in a game of 'swap shop', talkSPORT co-host and former Tottenham striker Bent was quizzed on what it would take to get Mbappe to the Emirates Stadium.

Asked if he'd swap Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard if it meant signing Mbappe, Bent said: "No, I'm not swapping both of them.

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"I'd give one of them and another player."

Goldstein then suggested Saka and Gabriel Jesus, to which Bent said: "Yeah, I'd do that.

"You'd have a centre-forward who was going to smash goals in and he can play on that right-hand side as well.

"I'm not giving up Saka and Odegaard. I'd give up Gabriel Jesus and Odegaard, or Gabriel Jesus and Saka.

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"That pains me because Saka, an academy graduate, but you are talking about arguably the best player on the planet and he's not old, he's young."

Bent added: "I love Mbappe. I'd play him down the middle but he's versatile which is what I like - he can play on either flank."

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Since joining Paris Saint-Germain from Monaco in a deal worth £165.7million, Mbappe has become one of the world's top stars.

Making 290 appearances for the club, the 25-year-old has scored 243 goals and offered 105 assists for his teammates.

So far this term, he's scored 31 goals in 30 appearances for the French giants.

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