Kylian Mbappe bombshell with PSG star 'willing' to join Arsenal following contact with Liverpool

Mbappe's future at the club is up in the air, however, with his contract at the Parc des Princes due to expire this summer.

Real Madrid have long been seen as the frontrunners when it comes to potentially acquiring the 25-year-old.

However, a move to the Bernabeu is far from guaranteed with Real reluctant to pay him over the odds in order to secure his signature.

Now, according to the Independent, PSG felt Mbappe was disloyal when his 'wider circle' contacted Liverpool last year.

The Reds, however, made it clear they were unwilling to shatter their wage structure in order to bring Mbappe to Anfield.

And it's now claimed Mbappe 'would willingly join Arsenal' in a bombshell twist.

It's said Thierry Henry is the factor behind his thinking, with Mbappe open to following in the footsteps of his childhood hero.

Henry joined Arsenal back in the summer transfer window of 1999, arriving from Juventus for a fee of £11million.

The rest, as the old saying goes, is history.

Henry scored 226 goals from 370 appearances for the Gunners during his first stint in north London.

Arsenal won two Premier League titles and two FA Cups during that spell, while they also made the final of the Champions League in 2006.

Henry was unable to fire the Gunners to that prize, however, with Barcelona winning the prestigious competition instead.

Henry left for Barcelona in 2007 where he'd go on to win a stunning treble under Pep Guardiola.

And he also had a second spell at Arsenal, briefly returning on loan in January 2012 where he added to his legacy with two goals from seven games.

The report says, however, that Arsenal are also unwilling to break their pay scale to acquire Mbappe - despite his immense talent.

Real Madrid are still frontrunners in the race to land the France international.

But with the LaLiga giants already boasting Jude Bellingham, and making the midfielder their main man, what ultimately happens remains to be seen.

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Mbappe was quizzed on his future back in November.

And the PSG star was coy, saying at the time: "It's something I don't want to talk about, especially since I already did it in June and it took up a big part of the time with the national team.

"I want us to talk more about the national team, rather than me talking about something that will be resolved one day, so there will be time to talk about that."

Mbappe has won five Ligue 1 titles during his time at PSG.

But he's been unable to ever win the Champions League, with the French titans losing to Bayern Munich in the final of the competition back in 2020.

Mbappe is also PSG's record goalscorer with 242 goals to his name.

That's 42 more than Edinson Cavani and also 86 greater than Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is another legend of the club.