Paris Saint Germain forward Kylian Mbappe’s transfer saga is finally over after the Frenchman made a final decision on his future according to reports.
Mbappe was set to become a free agent on June 30 and has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid.
Earlier this week, ESPN claimed that PSG had given up hope of keeping the 23-year-old, who looked certain to don a Los Blancos jersey next season.
In a remarkable turn of events, however, PSG are said to have offered Mbappe a whopping €300 million ($317 million) signing on bonus and €100 million ($105 million) net annual salary to stay, and MARCA say on Saturday that Mbappe has already decided to renew terms with the Qatari-backed giants while telling Real Madrid and their president Florentino Perez ‘no’ with regards to becoming their next Galactico.
Madrid-based daily newspaper MARCA has learned of the bombshell developments from “sources close to the situation” and note that this is the second time Mbappe has turned Carlo Ancelotti’s men down after choosing PSG over them when leaving Monaco in 2017.
Though Mbappe’s mother Fayza said on Friday that the offers from the two clubs in 2022 were “almost identical”, MARCA revealed that Mbappe initially accepted €130 million ($137mn) from Madrid last week as a signing bonus and “total dominance” of his image rights in addition to a “very lucrative salary”.