According to French media RMC, after Mbappe announced that he would leave Paris at the end of the season, the stand-in of the French striker has begun to emerge, and the management of Grand Paris is considering replacing him with defending Serie A champion striker Osimhen.
After several transfer window negotiations, Mbappe finally made up his mind at the beginning of this year that he would leave Paris where he had played for seven years, and the destination was most likely La Liga giants Real Madrid.
So far, Mbappe has played 306 games for Paris, scoring 255 goals and providing 108 assists. During his tenure, Mbappe helped Paris win a total of 15 trophies, including six prestigious Ligue 1 titles.
Unfortunately, despite Mbappe's hard work, the lack of background in Paris and the constant mistakes in recruitment, they have never been able to go further in the Champions League, and their best result is only the Champions League runner-up. Although Mbappe has scored eight goals in the Champions League this season, Grand Paris still stopped in the semi-finals again.
The 25-year-old Mbappe had planned to switch to Real Madrid in the summer of 2022, but due to the retention of the top management of Paris, they even used the French president as a lobbyist, and Mbappe had to stay in Paris.
At the beginning of this year, Mbappe's contract was about to expire again, and after receiving a sincere invitation from Real Madrid President Florentino, Mbappe finally made up his mind this time, he refused the high salary of the management of Grand Paris, and decided to leave the team and go to the Bernabeu to pursue his football dream.
It is worth mentioning that in order to join Real Madrid, Mbappe also made huge sacrifices in money, and he even voluntarily gave up a loyalty bonus of up to 80 million euros and part of his salary, while in Real Madrid he only accepted an annual salary of no more than 15 million euros.
What is certain is that despite the reluctance to leave Kylian Mbappe, after his departure, Paris has also freed up space and saved up to 225 million euros in salary space, and they can make a difference this summer and have the ability to sign three or four players.
Although Paris currently have star players such as Dembele, Muani, Asensio and Sergio Ramos up front, they are still underdeveloped compared to Mbappe. As a result, the Parisian hierarchy hopes that the transfer department can sign a strong star player to fill the void left by Mbappe.
As things stand, French media analysis suggests that Napoli striker Osimhen is still the main target of Paris, although last summer the Nigerian striker turned down an offer from Paris and signed a contract extension with the Serie A champions.
However, after a season, the situation has reversed, and after the departure of the meritorious coach Spalletti and the main defender Kim Min-jae, Napoli is no longer very competitive in Serie A. Napoli are likely to miss out on a top-five finish this season, which means Osimhen will most likely not be in the Champions League next season if he stays.
Notably, Osimhen was voted the top scorer in Serie A with 26 goals and four assists last season. This season, due to injuries and turmoil in the squad, Osimhen has scored just 15 goals in Serie A.
Despite this, Paris are still very bullish on Osimhen, believing that the Nigerian striker can recover quickly and will hopefully help them in the Champions League in the future.
Judging from the German transfer market news, although Osimhen's performance this season has not been excellent, he still has a value of up to 110 million euros, which is the same as Inter's hot Argentine striker Lautaro.
It's a bit embarrassing that the Parisian hierarchy doesn't seem to have much interest in Lautaro, who has been doing very well this season, and they are still willing to spend more than 100 million euros on transfer funds to take Osimhen from Napoli.
What is certain is that Paris has found the right person this time, although they spent a lot of money to sign Ramos and Muani, but Enrique, as the coach of the team, is not optimistic about these two center forwards, and he even prefers to put Mbappe in the center forward position and press them on the bench.