Kylian Mbappe has told Paris Saint-Germain he will leave the club at the end of this season when his contract expires, sources close to the situation have confirmed.
The terms of Mbappe’s exit are yet to be fully agreed and an official announcement is expected once the situation is finalised in the next few months.
Mbappe’s salary at PSG costs them €200million ($215m ,£171m) per year and the club say they remain focussed on continuing their transition away from their ‘Galacticos’ era, with other big names such as Lionel Messi, Neymar, Sergio Ramos and Marco Verratti among those to leave in the last 12 months.
The Athletic reported earlier this month that Mbappe was leaning towards joining Real Madrid upon the expiration of his PSG contract but influential members of the 24-year-old’s entourage have been left unconvinced by the Spanish club’s offer, which has been delaying the process.
As The Athletic previously reported, Mbappe has known since early January the conditions Madrid are willing to offer him. With the Frenchman’s PSG contract set to expire after June 30, they have been free to discuss terms as he is into the final six months of his deal in France.
PSG received a €300m offer for Mbappe from Al Hilal in the summer. The Saudi Pro League club were given permission to talk to the forward, but he ultimately remained at PSG.
Mbappe signed a new two-year contract in the summer of 2021 that included a 12-month extension clause for the 2024-25 season. However, only Mbappe could trigger that extension, not PSG, and the deadline for doing that passed on July 31 last year.
Madrid president Florentino Perez has been in direct contact with Mbappe and has been the main driving force behind the La Liga side’s latest move for a player who turned them down two years ago, despite at one point them feeling sure the forward had agreed to move.
Mbappe joined PSG from Monaco in the summer of 2017 for a fee of €180million. He has scored 243 goals in 290 appearances in all competitions during six and a half years at the club.
Mbappe has featured 30 times for PSG in all competitions this season, scoring 31 goals.
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