2024-02-15 17:44:27
Kylian Mbappé communicated to Nasser Al-Khelaifipresident of PSG, who when the season ends in the middle of the year will not renew his contract and will leave the club on a free basis. His destiny would be Real Madridan institution that has been trying to hire him for several years.
The great novel of each European football transfer market for several years is close to coming to an end. According to the journalist Fabrizio Romano —worldwide reference in transfers— and sports media such as RMC from France and Brand from Spain, Kylian Mbappé already confirmed to PSG who will leave the institution in the middle of the year when his contract ends. In this way, he has the free way to negotiate directly with the Real Madrida club in which it has been his dream to play since he was little.
Mbappé’s arrival at PSG
Kylian Mbappé arrived at PSG in August 2017 from the Monacoalso of the Ligue 1: He went on loan for one year with a mandatory purchase clause of 180 million euros, a move to avoid the Financial Fair Play. The Qatar-owned club had just disbursed the 222 million euros of the termination clause that the Barcelona had put to Neymar and could not take on another expense of that magnitude in the same window without breaking financial rules.
At that time he was close to signing for Real Madrid, which offered the same money for his signing and also had the approval of Monaco, who preferred not to reinforce a direct rival like the Parisians. But with the BBC —the front they formed Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema y Cristiano Ronaldo— the player and his representative had doubts about how many minutes of action the footballer would see. Besides, PSG offered more than double the player’s salaryan offer that Merengue He did not think about equalizing because it would have generated a huge salary imbalance between players who were already legends and who at that time was a young 18-year-old promise.
Mbappé’s novel to Real Madrid
In August 2021, Real Madrid offered 160, 180 and finally 200 million euros for Kylian Mbappé, but the PSG He stood firm and rejected each and every one of those offers, despite the player expressing his desire to leave the institution. In 2022 the White House He speculated about closing it free for 2023, but the player renewed until mid-2024 with a clause that allowed him to activate one more year automatically.
“Yes, it is true that I had a conversation with Kylian Mbappé before he made a firm decision about his future. In it I limited myself to advising him, in a completely informal manner, to continue in France. “I believe it is my responsibility, as president, to defend the country when asked in an informal and friendly manner,” he acknowledged. Emmanuel MacronPresident of Francein August 2022.
“I never imagined that I was going to talk to the president about my future, about the future of my career, so it’s something crazy, really something crazy,” said Mbappé. And he added: “He told me: ‘I want you to stay. I don’t want you to leave now. You are very important for the country. You have time to go. You can stay a while longer.” “When the president tells you that, that counts”explained the forward at the time.
He PSG offered the native of Bondy, a small town north of Parisand annual salary of 72 million euros and a 180 million fidelity bonus divided into three installments. At the end of 2023 The footballer told the PSG leadership that he did not want to activate that clause and rejected all renewal offers. of the Parisian club, so the club put him up for sale and hung up (separated from the professional team). Finally they reached an agreement for him to return to the squad: for him to renounce the remainder of his loyalty bonus, a sum greater than 100 million euros.
On this occasion, Mbappé He informed the club of his intention to leave in the middle of the year, when your contract ends. In these circumstances the Real Madrid You will not have to spend a million-dollar sum to buy it from PSG and will be able to offer a juicy signing bonus to the player, which would arrive as a free transfer.