Kylian Mbappe, Bernardo Silva, Benjamin Mendy… Tiemoue Bakayoko – Monaco’s 2016\/17 team was star-studded.<\/p>\n
It was a season that ended with them being crowned champions of France, as well as claiming a place in the Champions League semi-finals, beating Manchester City en route.<\/p>\n
It was inevitable the bigger European clubs would make a move for some of Monaco’s stars.<\/p>\n
The players knew it too, and at the end of the season Monaco\u2019s players changed the name of their own WhatsApp group to \u201ctransfer mercato\u201d (transfer market), as mentioned in The Times, who spoke to Silva, now of City.<\/p>\n
City paid \u00a343million for the likeable midfielder, as well as \u00a352million for Mendy, who likes\u00a0to play practical jokes on his team-mate. \u201cWhen he throws me in the pool and the water\u2019s cold, that\u2019s the worst,\u201d Silvatold the Times, adding \u201cit\u2019s all right, we have fun together.\u201d Monaco paid just \u00a323million to sign the pair.<\/p>\n
Bakayoko joined Chelsea in 2017 for \u00a340m, Mbappe moved to PSG on loan ahead of a \u00a3165m transfer – he was 18 – and Fabinho joined Liverpool for \u00a343m in 2018.<\/p>\n
Thomas Lemar moved to Atletico Madrid for \u00a352m and Wolves snapped up Joao Moutinho for \u00a35m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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