Are the World Cup's two biggest stars going to be joining Real Madrid?

Rest easy, Tottenham fans - Harry Kane and Eric Dier are safe... for the moment.

But reports are circulating from the French media that the Spanish behemoths are close to finalising deals for Neymar and Kylian Mbappé for a combined fee of a staggering €550m.

French journalist Baptiste Ripart reported that Real had agreed a deal of €272m for Mbappé, to be paid in four installments to PSG. Ripart's reputation for predicting high-profile French transfer stories has received a boost recently having called Antoine Griezmann's contract renewal and Thomas Lemar's transfer to the same.

Real released a statement saying:

"Given the information published in the last hours referring to an alleged agreement between Real Madrid CF and PSG for the player Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid says they are flatly false.

"Real Madrid has not made any offers to PSG or the player and regrets the dissemination of this type of information that is not contrasted with the parties."

But as Ger and Eoin discussed on OTB AM this morning, statements like this are often not worth the paper they are written on...

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