Manchester City plotting world record £200m raid for Kylian Mbappe while PSG face Financial Fair Play probe

PEP GUARDIOLA wants to make a record £200MILLION January bid for Kylian Mbappe.

Manchester City’s move would beat the £198m fee Paris Saint-Germain paid Barcelona for Neymar in 2017 — and cost City £20m a year in wages.

Kylian Mbappe celebrates with Neymar after the Brazilian scored two against Nice in Ligue 1

Mbappe has scored five goals for PSG this season

Boss Guardiola believes the World Cup-winning forward, 19, can take the club to Champions League glory.

New Uefa rules mean the PSG whizzkid would NOT be cup-tied for the knockout stages of Europe’s biggest club tournament if he is signed this winter.

UEFA are also probing PSG’s finances as part of a Finanical Fair Play investigation.

However, City would have to sell at least one star to keep within FFP regulations themselves — with England striker Raheem Sterling the favourite to be sacrificed.

Sterling’s current contract expires next year and so far City have failed to agree a long-term deal.

Mbappe has also been linked with Real Madrid and Barcelona.

But City owner Sheikh Mansour knows he has to keep Guardiola — whose appointment was a coup for the club — happy.

Mbappe, who scored France’s last goal in their 4-2 World Cup final triumph over Croatia in the summer, initially joined PSG on a season-long loan deal from Monaco a year ago.

Mbappe celebrated winning the World Cup with France over the summer where he became the first teenager since Pele to score in the final

Pep Guardiola would be able to make a big push to win the Champions League if City signed Mbappe

City would have to sell star Englishman Raheem Sterling if they want to sign Mbappe because of FFP regulations

But in February the reigning French champions triggered their option to make him theirs in a £162m deal.

However, UEFA said on Monday that they were reopening their FFP probe on the Qatari-backed French giants.

UEFA cleared PSG of breaking rules in June but in July said that decision would be reviewed.

The case is now handed back to the Club Financial Control Body for further investigation.