{"id":612441,"date":"2022-04-30T14:23:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T18:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=612441"},"modified":"2022-04-30T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T18:23:50","slug":"carlo-ancelotti-still-coy-on-kylian-mbappe-real-madrid-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/30\/carlo-ancelotti-still-coy-on-kylian-mbappe-real-madrid-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlo Ancelotti Still Coy on Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 Real Madrid Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlo Ancelotti is remaining secretive over reports that France striker Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 will join <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/la-liga\/real-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\">Real Madrid<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/ligue-1\/paris-saint-germain\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian was speaking to the media on the day he became the first manager to win each of Europe&#8217;s top five league titles. Real Madrid won their 35th Spanish top-flight crown after a 4-0 win over Espanyol on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2>Carlo Ancelotti Coy on Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 Links to Real Madrid<\/h2>\n<h3>Paris Saint-Germain Still Desperate to Keep Hold of Mbapp\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Real Madrid have been keen to bring Paris-born striker Mbapp\u00e9 to the Bernabeu for some time, and failed with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/58326817\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">160\u20ac million offer<\/a> to sign the 23-year-old last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 showed no signs of any hangover effect following that failed transfer, and has remained prolific in PSG colours this season. The Frenchman has emerged as his side&#8217;s most-reliable goalscorer even in the presence of team-mates Lionel Messi and Neymar, and has hit 35 goals in all competitions so far this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Links between Mbapp\u00e9 and Real Madrid have understandably remained constant throughout the season, but Los Blancos boss Ancelotti refused to give much away when discussing the player with Bein Sports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1520456574497603585\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ancelotti said<\/a>: &#8220;Mbapp\u00e9 to Real Madrid? With this club, with this president [Florentino P\u00e9rez], the future is already written.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When pressed further as to whether his comments meant Mbapp\u00e9 is on the verge of a move to the Spanish capital, Ancelotti simply added: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t say that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>How Carlo Ancelotti Completed a Clean Sweep of Europe&#8217;s Top Titles<\/h3>\n<p>Veteran Ancelotti has earned a reputation as one of the most laid-back coaches in the European game, known for his calm touchline demeanour and statesman-like style of dealing with the constant glare of media cameras.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 62-year-old&#8217;s insatiable pursuit of trophies cannot be questioned, and the legendary manager has now become the first man to win top-flight titles in Italy, England, France, Germany and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti started his historic run by winning Serie A with AC Milan in 2004, and added the Premier League crown with Chelsea in 2010. France&#8217;s Ligue 1 was conquered with PSG in 2013, before Ancelotti led Bayern Munich to Bundesliga success in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>If Ancelotti is also able to take Real Madrid to Champions League glory again this season, he will earn an historic fourth winner&#8217;s medal of Europe&#8217;s elite club competition as a manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlo Ancelotti is remaining secretive over reports that France striker Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 will join Real Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain this summer. The Italian was speaking to the media on the day he became the first manager to win each of Europe&#8217;s top five league titles. Real Madrid won their 35th Spanish top-flight crown after a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3563,"featured_media":612442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,6,7,1367],"tags":[49,53,145,46,961,41,389],"class_list":["post-612441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-madrid","category-la-liga","category-ligue-1","category-paris-saint-germain","tag-ac-milan","tag-bayern-munich","tag-carlo-ancelotti","tag-chelsea","tag-kylian-mbappe","tag-lionel-messi","tag-neymar"],"modified_by":"Alexander Ayling","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}