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Real Madrid board member Jose Manuel Otero remains confident that Kylian Mbappe will join the Spanish giants next summer.

Kylian Mbappe was strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid during the summer transfer window after he refused to sign a contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain. While the move in the summer eventually did not materialise, Los Blancos board member Jose Manuel Otero remains confident that the French star will join the Spanish club next season for free.

Speaking on the Twitch channel of Remontada Blanca (via AS), Otero said, "Mbappe has had the opportunity to sign for Real Madrid this summer. To come he would have had to give up some very high bonuses that he had already agreed with Paris Saint-Germain. Furthermore, he would have transferred. The amount that would be paid to have Mbappé a year earlier was crazy. It didn't make sense to sign Mbappé a year earlier even though he was broken in Benzema's position.

"We hope that Mbappe has thought the same as Bellingham. Mbappe I trust that he will come. Mbappe will achieve glory when he comes to Real Madrid. Meanwhile, he will be wandering around. He will win a Champions League someday. Now it seems that PSG is less powerful than before because they no longer have such good players. Madrid guarantees security, a seriousness that gives results. I trust he will say yes when he is a free agent. Mbappé was born to play for Real Madrid, of course."