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Real Madrid announced the signing of French superstar Kylian Mbappé on Monday, ... Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail.
Kylian Mbappé to Real Madrid, the galactic transfer finally finalized Sunday and announced Monday, was a slow-drip saga of power, money, politics and ambition. It began years ago with flirtation ...
Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... Had Mbappe gone to Madrid in the summer of 2022, as was expected, the team would have been his. ... This is Real Madrid, after all, and in the Champions League at that.
Eventually, Mbappé moved to the Clairefontaine academy, putting in a host of impressive performances leading to numerous French clubs, and Real Madrid, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Bayern Munich, attempting to sign him. [14] At the age of 11, Real Madrid invited him to train with their under-12s and visit the club's facilities. [33]
By the time Madrid likely signs him, the Spanish powerhouse may have clinched a record-extending 15th Champions League title. Madrid plays Dortmund in the final on June 1 at Wembley, one week after Mbappé's last ever game for PSG in the French Cup final against Lyon. It wasn't the way he hoped to bow out of French club soccer.
Ever since Jan. 1, he has been free to negotiate and sign a pre-contract agreement with Real Madrid or any other club. He has stewed on the decision, even as officials at Real and PSG got antsy .
The 25-year-old Mbappe is the biggest draw in the Polish capital after finally joining Madrid following a drawn-out saga with his former club, Paris Saint-Germain.
PSG did not slow down and broke the national transfer record yet again. Not once, but twice. The club signed Nigerian genius Jay-Jay Okocha from Fenerbahçe for €12.4m in 1998 and then paid Real Madrid €34.5m for the return of prodigal son Nicolas Anelka in 2000. Anelka would remain PSG's record purchase until the Qatar Sports Investments era.