Footballer Kylian Mbappe could join Real Madrid

The saga with the flight of its main star Kylian Mbappe from PSG, which already had several unexpected plot twists, seems to be ending. Many sources have confirmed the information that the famous forward has already informed the management of the Parisian club that he will leave in the summer as a free agent. Mbappe’s goal, apparently, remains his dream team – Real Madrid, for which he is even ready to take a significant salary cut. And the French giants have compiled a list of his possible replacements from trending forwards.

On Friday, the main topic of the day for leading European sports media resources remained the topic related to Kylian Mbappe. Just the night before, several sources reported that in a conversation with PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi, the outstanding forward said that in the summer, after the expiration of his contract with the club, he would leave him. And a few hours later, French, Spanish, Italian, British publications confirmed the fact of this difficult conversation, marking the end of the story, which, due to its duration and drama, was similar to a real saga.

Back in the summer of 2022, the same publications confidently announced the transfer of Kylian Mbappe from the Paris team to Real Madrid as a free agent. However, instead of moving to the Spanish club, Mbappe unexpectedly announced the signing of a new contract with PSG. The failure of the deal, as various sources believed, was a consequence of the extremely energetic actions of two presidents – Nasser al-Khelaifi and French President Emmanuel Macron, Mbappe’s personal fan.

In June 2023, it turned out that at the end of the previous season, Kylian Mbappe’s representatives sent a notification to the management of PSG that the forward would not renew his contract in 2024. The act was interpreted unambiguously: as an acknowledgment of Mbappe’s persistent desire to finally really leave a rich, but not very effective in terms of results in the Champions League and boring project, from which he had also just fled to the USA, to Inter Miami, the legendary Lionel Messi, plus as a signal for PSG to urgently begin negotiations on his sale within the current transfer window. Otherwise, the club risked holding out again until the moment when the forward became a free agent and would be free to go anywhere without compensation.

But Mbappe, despite the fact that he was not taken on a commercial tour of Japan, and the player’s photo disappeared from the club website for some time, again remained in PSG and showed the usual highest performance during the season, as well as leadership qualities that were important for those who had undergone a radical personnel change. restructuring of PSG.

However, as it turned out, the desire to leave the 2018 world champion and the author of a hat-trick in the final of the next championship has not disappeared anywhere. At the same time, it is still formally unknown where exactly. But neither Asnor Marca They have no doubt that they are still in Real Madrid, the footballer’s favorite childhood club. A RMC Sport claims that very soon – in “March or April” – Madrid will make an official statement regarding the invitation of the Frenchman, delaying it only to emphasize that the initiative came from the player.

According to As, the details of Kylian Mbappe’s future contract with Real Madrid are currently being agreed upon (it will most likely be long – for five or six years), for example regarding the use of image rights. But with the detail, key clarity came. All sources suggest that Mbappe has agreed on a salary at the Spanish club and it will be “significantly less” than the €72 million a year he earned at PSG. Mbappe made concessions so as not to create problems for Real Madrid with compliance with financial fair play, and also so as not to arouse jealousy among its current young leaders – Vinicius and Jude Bellingham. True, some compensation for these concessions will be a signing bonus of up to €50 million.

Apparently, the real intrigue in the story with Kylian Mbappe now concerns only who PSG plans to replace him with. According to information The Athletic, the Parisians have already drawn up a shortlist of candidates and it is headed by Victor Osimhen from Napoli. However, other publications, such as L’Equipe, are confident that a whole group of trending forwards and attacking midfielders like Mohamed Salah from Liverpool, Benyamin Sheshko from Leipzig and Bernardo Silva from Manchester City are in fact being considered. To acquire one of them, the funds saved due to parting with Mbappe and his new super-expensive contract, which will never be signed, will be used. And this is a colossal amount, up to €200 million.

Alexey Dospehov