Why Manchester City should spend whatever it takes to sign Kylian Mbappe from Monaco

After bursting onto the scene with Monaco last season, Kylian Mbappe has quickly become one of the hottest properties in football.

His mesmerising displays in Ligue 1 and the Champions League were always going to ensure a scramble for his signature this summer, but few anticipated the transfer market blowing up to the point where any interested party will be expected to fork out a fee in the region of £130million to £160million for his services.

It’s a hefty price that would was have seemed unthinkable just a year ago – not least because the player in question was relatively unknown at the time – but should Manchester City pay it? Our friends at Football Whispers think they should.

City have already addressed several problem areas of their squad this summer, spending more than £200million to further shape the team in manager Pep Guardiola’s image.