Liverpool fans find second hint that Kylian Mbappe is Anfield bound

Liverpool fans are trawling through every possible hint that Kylian Mbappe could be heading to Anfield this summer and they’ve found another transfer clue.

He’s the highest valued player in the world, a World Cup winner and a global star. And Liverpool fans think Kylian Mbappe may be heading to Anfield this transfer window after finding another clue on social media.

This latest round of Mbappe to Liverpool rumors was kicked off by The Times journalist Paul Joyce who is respected as one of the best reporters at breaking Liverpool transfer stories.

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He retweeted an Mbappe tweet of the player visiting America and meeting Liverpool shareholder LeBron James. Now the two are both Nike sportsmen so that is not unusual but LeBron is seen in the video wearing a Liverpool hat and so began speculation.

Now a second hint has been found after Reds found that Kylian Mbappe is following both Mohamed Salah and Steven Gerrard on Instagram. He only follows 250 accounts so Liverpool fans are at least suggesting there may be something in it!

There is a long history of spurious hope among Liverpool fans about Mbappe moving to Merseyside. The Reds made tentative enquiries about him after his breakout season for Monaco but soon realized that price would be prohibitive. It cost PSG £180 million to take him to Paris.

Also at the beginning of 2017/18 Liverpool were a team in transition. Now they have arrived after successive Champions League finals and a sixth European Cup in the cabinet. The Reds are in a stronger position to make a financially appealing, logical career move for the French phenomenon.

In the hours before the Champions League final Liverpool owner John W. Henry went on record as saying the Reds were going to spend this summer to bolster the squad. The immediate response was a flurry of ‘Announce Mbappe‘ tweets. Maybe that wasn’t such a joke after all!