FC Barcelona Transfer News 2020: Mbappe would be one of the candidates to replace Lionel Messi in case of departure [PHOTOS]

Lionel Messi has a contract with FC Barcelona until June 30, 2021, but a special clause in his contract allows him to leave one year earlier. Although Camp Nou is confident that the best player in the world will not exercise this condition, they are not opposed to thinking about a future replacement.

According to the Spanish portal 'Don Balón', Barcelona has included Mbappé in a list of possible replacements for Messi. The Frenchman has many characteristics that are liked at Camp Nou, not only in football but also in terms of marketing.

However, signing Mbappé would not be an easy task, as Real Madrid is also pursuing him. Last Saturday, the newspaper 'Sport' revealed that PSG has informed Barcelona that the Whites will go after Kylian's signing in the summer of 2020, and with several million euros in hand.

At PSG, they are expecting great offers as Mbappé has been a long-time target of Florentino Pérez and Zinedine Zidane. In fact, the former AS Monaco striker has been one of Zidane's priorities even before Pogba. However, Real Madrid has chosen to wait.

If Real Madrid doesn't go for Mbappé in the summer of 2020, they will do so during the summer of 2021. The player will then have one year left on his contract with PSG, making it the ideal situation for Florentino Pérez to follow the same roadmap used with Hazard. Nevertheless, Barcelona doesn't want to completely discard it.

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