Ancelotti says Madrid squad is complete but rumour of €230 million Mbappe deal persists

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti claims Los Blancos' squad is 'fine' and 'complete', even if long-time target Kylian Mbappe does not arrive this summer.

Mbappe has one year left on his contract at PSG after snubbing Real Madrid and signing a two-year extension with the French champions last year but has been strongly linked with a move to the Santiago Bernabeu again after Karim Benzema moved to Saudi Arabia.

"The squad is fine," Ancelotti said.

"We won't have problems with the squad. A problem would be having a squad without quality. The squad is great. It's complete."

The Italian was also asked specifically about Mbappe, but simply said: "Next question."

Mbappe has been frozen out by PSG and has been training with the reserve squad in a standoff with the Parisian club over his future.

PSG have accepted an enormous €300 million (£259m) bid from Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal, but Mbappe has made no secret that he wants to play for Real and is expected to see out his contract before moving to Spain next summer.

Following Benzema's exit, Madrid have been experimenting with a 4-4-2 formation featuring Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo Goes in attack. Joselu, a summer signing from Espanyol, is currently Los Blancos' only recognised center-forward.

But Ancelotti's claim notwithstanding rumour of Mbappe's move to Real Madrid still persist and it may reach its conclusion very soon.

As reported by MARCA, according to Ramon Alvarez de Mon, this is close to coming to an end and Mbappe is close to becoming a Real Madrid player. The figure will be around €230 million. But not everything will be for PSG. A part will be used to reach an agreement with the player himself.

While signing Mbappe as a free agent would have been one of the biggest transfer coups of all time

, this might be the right time to bring him to Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid are without a world-class number 9 right now following the departure of Karim Benzema at the end of last season.

Mbappe could take up that role and lead the line for Real Madrid. At the same time, he could replace Benzema as the face of the club.