Kylian Mbappé’s transfer to Real Madrid is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. Barring any interplanetary catastrophe, the French striker will indeed play for the Madrid club next season. This move could have happened much earlier, and Wilfried, Kylian’s father, has discussed this topic with Florentino Pérez.
The union between Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappé is closer than ever to being finalized, especially after the Bondy native’s farewell to PSG at the Parc des Princes. The French attacker bid farewell to his fans yesterday after seven seasons with them. On the pitch, the farewell was not celebrated in style, as PSG lost to Toulouse.
Additionally, there was a clear break between Kylian Mbappé and Nasser Al-Khelaifi. As an institution, PSG let go of Mbappé, which is truly inexplicable considering that he is the all-time top scorer of the capital club. Predictably, this was not well received by the Mbappé family, as they viewed it as a crude act towards Kylian himself. Indeed, Mbappé’s father, very upset, quickly admitted his mistake to Florentino Pérez during a call early this Monday, according to Defensa Central. “We made a mistake by signing in 2022, that’s clear to us now,” Wilfried told the president of the Madrid team.
He hopes to start a new successful chapter in his son’s career, closing out his recent seasons at Parc des Princes, where the behavior of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani was less than stellar. Although the transfer of the French team captain has not yet been officially announced, all sources point to the same conclusion: the PSG striker will join the Spanish champions. There is no doubt that 25-year-old Kylian Mbappé will sign with Real Madrid without a transfer fee, as PSG’s all-time leading scorer (255 goals) will be out of contract on June 30.
Mbappé owed a debt to the merengue club. It is likely that the president of Real Madrid will need to approve a presumably high signing bonus (possibly exceeding 100 million euros). This scenario seems written in Mbappé’s trajectory, who has often been linked to Real Madrid, especially two years ago. In 2022, while discussions between the entourage of the 2018 World Cup champion and the fourteen-time Champions League-winning club were very advanced, Kylian Mbappé ultimately decided to extend his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, which was hard for Florentino Perez to accept, according to Madrid media at the time. To avoid upsetting the Real president again, Kylian Mbappé has focused exclusively on the white-clad club in recent months.
Specialist journalist Fabrizio Romano also explains that there was never any question of the Mbappés, even just for gathering information, starting discussions with interested English clubs (Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal). On February 13, the Bondy native informed PSG management of his decision not to extend his contract, a decision that was officially announced on Friday night in a video posted by Kylian Mbappé. Thus, the path to Madrid is now clearly open, unless there is a dramatic turnaround.
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