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PSG star Mbappe shrugs off €400M Real Madrid transfer talk: I'm no accountant

PSG star Kylian Mbappe insists he doesn't pay attention to the numbers being bandied around for his transfer.

Real Madrid are regarded as favourites to sign the France World Cup winner at the end of this season, with talk of the club's president Florentino Perez prepared to pay a world record €300-400m to prise him away from PSG.

After PSG's 6-1 hammering of St Etienne, Mbappe was asked about the rumours and replied: "I am a footballer, not an accountant.

"It's okay, I play, I do my job, I try to help my team and everything is fine. If I am the most expensive player in the world, so… "

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