It’s (reportedly) official: Kylian Mbappé has signed his new contract with Real Madrid.
Three years after initial transfer rumors swirled and four months after he announced his intentions to leave Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Mbappé, 25, has signed the paperwork for his free transfer to the La Liga club, according to multiple reports.
The formal announcement from Real Madrid will come later this week. The move will become official on July 1, when La Liga’s transfer window opens.
European soccer’s worst-kept secret for months reached its conclusion just one day after Madrid defeated Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League final. The win extended the club’s record to 15 titles in the international club tournament. No other team has more than seven.
“It’s the only little thing that maybe we’re missing, in terms of that clinical 9 (striker),” Madrid star Jude Bellingham said after the final. “If [Mbappé] was to come and give us that, we’d be in a really, really good place. He’d take us to another level.”
Mbappé becomes the third international soccer superstar to leave PSG in the last two years. Argentine forward Lionel Messi joined MLS club Inter Miami last summer after two seasons in Ligue 1, and Brazilian forward Neymar departed for the Saudi Pro League in August after six years with PSG.
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