Mbappe said goodbye to his team-mates and will leave Paris at the end of the season, with Real Madrid not the only possible home
Mbappe is finally leaving! The ending of the large-scale suspense drama "Where is Mbappe going" that has lasted for more than two years is finally here. According to reports from several French media such as Le Parisien, Mbappe, the number one star of Paris Saint-Germain and the most expensive player in football today, addressed his teammates after the team's training, saying that he would leave the club at the end of the season. Prior to this, Mbappe had informed club president Al-Nassr that he would not renew his contract with the team and would leave the club at the end of the season. The most likely next home for Mbappe is La Liga's Real Madrid, who have been pursuing Mbappe for several years, but now there are Premier League clubs joining the fray.
The 25-year-old joined Paris Saint-Germain in August 2017 and has grown into one of the best players in the world during his seven seasons in Paris, where he has also become the most expensive player in world football with 180 million euros. At club level, Mbappe has won six Ligue 1 titles, three French Cups, two French League Cups and four French Super Cups, five Ligue 1 top scorers and four Ligue 1 best players. It can be said that apart from the Champions League title and the Ballon d'Or, Mbappe has won all the accolades that a player can win. And Mbappe also understands that if he stays in Paris, he may never become the Champions League winner and Mr. Ballon d'Or.
Therefore, from the beginning of the 2021-2022 season, Mbappe hopes to leave Paris Saint-Germain and join a bigger club that is more capable of helping him realize his dreams, Real Madrid is undoubtedly the best choice;
In the summer of 2022, Mbappe's contract with Paris expired, and he had the opportunity to join Real Madrid as a free agent, but for the upcoming Qatar World Cup, Paris Saint-Germain Club did whatever it took to keep Mbappe, and even dispatched national forces. Under great pressure from all sides, Mbappe had to temporarily shelve his desire to join Real Madrid and renew his contract with Paris Saint-Germain for two years, but he grasped the initiative to renew his contract. Now that the two-year period has passed, although the Paris Saint-Germain club has once again issued very generous contract renewal conditions, this time Mbappe has made up his mind to leave the team, and has repeatedly stated in front of the media that this season will be his last season at Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe's current contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires in June 2024, and Mbappe could theoretically negotiate a free transfer with any other team from 1 January 2024. After spending the traditional Chinese New Year with his teammates, Mbappe finally officially announced his decision to his teammates: he will leave the team at the end of the season and will not renew his contract with the team, although Mbappe did not say where he will go next season, but almost all his teammates believe that Mbappe will join Real Madrid.
In order to make room for Mbappe's joining and prepare funds, Real Madrid has not made any big additions in the summer transfer window except for the introduction of Bellingham, Real Madrid will provide Mbappe with an annual salary of 50 million euros and a signing fee of more than 100 million euros, and Mbappe will also have more than 50% of the personal image rights, which will make Mbappe the highest-paid player in Real Madrid, and enjoy the treatment of Ronaldo in Real Madrid.
However, before the official announcement of the player and the club, other big clubs did not give up the opportunity to bring in Mbappe. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said that if we have a chance to get a top player like Mbappe, we have to be in the competition. The English media also said that Liverpool may also be involved in the battle for Mbappe, and Salah is likely to leave the Reds to join the Saudi league in the summer window, when Liverpool will have the salary space to sign Mbappe.
Paris Saint-Germain are now ready to lose Kylian Mbappe and will try to sign three top players in the summer window to keep the squad competitive, including a world-class striker, a world-class midfielder and a world-class defender, with the likes of Rafael Leao, Osimhen, Lautaro, Frenkie de Jong, Kimmich, Saliba and Bastoni among the others.
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