Arsenal transfer news: Fans try not to get excited after reported £87m Kylian Mbappe bid

Arsenal have reportedly bid £87m for Monaco starlet Kylian Mbappe and fans cannot quite believe it.

The French forward has had an impressive breakthrough season with the Ligue 1 club, which has attracted interest from some of Europe’s biggest clubs.

The 18-year-old has even been dubbed the ‘new Thierry Henry’ and following the Arsenal legend’s path from the principality to north London would only add to those comparisons.

He helped Leonardo Jardim’s side to a shock Ligue 1 title triumph, as well as the last four of the Champions League, scoring 26 goals and assisting 14 in 44 appearances.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, who signed a new two-year deal at the Emirates this week, reportedly visited the youngster at his home last summer before his ground-breaking campaign.

And now Wenger has reportedly had the £87m bid - just short of Paul Pogba’s world-record transfer fee in 2016 - rejected by the French champions and Mbappe is said to be prepared to stay put as part of his development.

The Gunners’ transfer record currently stands at around £42m, which they paid Real Madrid for Mesut Ozil in 2013, and fans cannot believe they would bid so much for a star.

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