KYLIAN MBAPPE has signed a five-year contract with Real Madrid, according to reports in Spain.
The 25-year-old will leave Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of the season.
Arsenal and Liverpool have both been linked with a summer swoop for him, but Marca claim Real Madrid won the transfer race two weeks ago.
Mbappe allegedly put pen to paper on a contract earlier this month, making a “firm commitment” to Los Blancos.
The Frenchman has signed a five-year deal, keeping him at the Santiago Bernabeu until June 2029.
Real Madrid are set to hand him a £85.5million signing-on fee upon his arrival.
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Mbappe will become the club’s highest earner, surpassing Jude Bellingham.
That’s despite taking a pay-cut and accepting a lower wage.
He reportedly demanded a minimum of £42.8m-a-season – around £827,000-a-week – during negotiations.
However, Real Madrid officials wanted to bring that figure down.
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Los Blancos have been pushing to sign the forward since his Monaco days.
Mbappe came close to making the move in 2022, but announced a two-year extension with PSG instead.
He caused a stir among the PSG camp last summer after refusing to sign a new contract.
The Ligue 1 giants subsequently accepted a huge £259million offer from Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal for him, but Mbappe rejected the move.
He was briefly axed from the squad and sent to train with PSG’s “undesirables” – a group of players not wanted by the club.
However, he made a return at the start of the Ligue 1 campaign and has since scored 32 goals in 31 appearances across all competitions.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
