Kylian Mbappe has declared his love for AC Milan and said he dreams of playing for the Serie A giants later in his career.
The 25-year-old will leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer after refusing to extend his stay at the Parc des Princes.
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The 2018 World Cup winner is understood to have verbally agreed to join Real Madrid on a free transfer, where he is set to earn £13 million a year in Spain.
But in an interview with Sky Sport Italia, the French international seemed to have already set his sights on playing at the San Siro.
The former Monaco striker revealed that he was a Rossoneri fan as a child and still follows their results every week.
When asked if he could imagine playing in Serie A one day, Mbappe said: “Italy? We never know what could happen..
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“I was a Milan fan since I was a child and I always said that if I came to Italy one day, I would play for Milan.
“So we never know what can happen, but I always watch the Italian league – every Milan game.
“Because since I was a little boy, I lived in a family that was very close to me. They are huge Milan fans and as a child I always went to their house to watch Milan games.
“So now I’ll keep watching the games, but we never know what can happen.
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“I was in Paris, I will have a new club now and I am really happy with what I have, but you never know what can happen.
“The only thing I can say is that I follow Serie A. It’s a really good league and we see that they will have a lot of teams in the Champions League next year.”
“They are making great progress and I wish them the best of luck.”
Mbappe ended his PSG career in the best possible way last weekend by winning the Coupe de France at the expense of Lyon.
His teammates lifted him into the air after the final whistle as a sign of respect for everything he had done for the club.
He ends his chapter at PSG as the club’s all-time top scorer with 256 goals in 308 games in all competitions.