The bullet is through the church: Kylian Mbappé remains faithful to Paris Saint-Germain, the club reports via the official channels. The star striker has extended his contract expiring in June by two years until mid-2025. Mbappe has long been interested in Real Madrid and even had a verbal agreement with him. the Royalbut now prefers a longer stay in the French capital.
“I am very happy,” Mbappe said in the PSG statement. At a club like this, which gives everything to perform at the highest level, I can continue to grow. I am also happy to stay in France, the country where I was born, grew up and thrived.” Chairman Al-Khelaïfi speaks of ‘an exceptional moment in the history of the club’. “Mbappé will be the cornerstone of the project of the club for years to come, both on and off the field. I am very proud and happy – we are entering the most beautiful pages of our history.”
Real announced earlier this week that they are optimistic about the transfer-free move of Kylian Mbappe. The Royal hoped to get the green light from the star player of PSG on Tuesday, but he asked Real for more time to think. Last week’s conversations, in which Mbappé’s portrait rights were also discussed, were experienced by Real as ‘very positive’. However, Gianluca Di Marzio reported earlier Saturday that PSG was about to announce the contract extension. On Friday, the journalist already reported that an important breakthrough had been achieved in the negotiations.
Florentino Perez is said to have told Real Madrid players that Mbappe is not coming to Real. The president of the Spanish superpower came into the dressing room after the draw against Real Betis (0-0) to bring the news, according to COPE† Mbappé’s advocates asked, according to marca two hundred million euros in signing premium: the amount that Madrid offered in August 2021. A hot topic for Mbappé were his portrait rights. The star footballer made tough demands and agreed with Real that he could keep 75 to 80 percent of that, which is normally around 50 percent.
With the smoothing out of the last folds, the climax of the soap around Mbappé seemed near. However, the attacker has also always continued to listen to PSG. The French superpower was prepared to go far for its star player. Le Parisien recently reported that he could sign up for a net annual salary of fifty million euros per season and a net signing premium of one hundred million euros for two seasons. PSG’s proposal sounded more familiar to Mbappe than Real’s, which was the deciding factor for him.