MBAPPE TO JOIN REAL MADRID FROM PSG IN ‘MOST EXPENSIIVE FREE TRANSFER IN HISTORY’
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Kylian Mbappe will take a pay cut to join Real Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain this summer in a move that is already being described as “the most expensive free transfer in history”.
The France international, who has already told PSG he will leave the club at the end of this season, will become a Real player on July 1.
Real have held a long-term interest in the 25-year-old and are prepared to make him the highest-paid player in their history, although on a lower salary than he earns at PSG where his wages cost £171m per year.
Real are still negotiating the final details of Mbappe’s contract with terms not yet agreed.
“This will be the most expensive free transfer in history,” said Sky Sports’ Kaveh Solhekol.
“The money that Real Madrid would have been paying as a transfer fee, they are basically going to be paying to the player instead. He will be getting a massive signing-on fee – there are reports in Spain that it could be over £100m.”
PSG turned down a £188m (€220m) offer for Mbappe from Real Madrid in August 2021. The forward then chose to sign a new three-year deal with the Ligue 1 club.
Mbappe looked set to join Real in May 2022 until he made a dramatic U-turn and signed a new two-year deal with PSG which prompted LaLiga to file a complaint to UEFA that the French club had broken FFP rules.
But his relationship with PSG soured after Mbappe informed the club he would not be triggering a contract extension through to the summer of 2025, meaning he would become a free agent in 2024.
Mbappe was frozen out and not included in the club’s pre-season tour after turning down Saudi club Al Hilal for a world-record transfer fee of £259m.
However, there was another twist on the eve of the new season when Mbappe was reinstated.
Mbappe has scored 244 goals and produced 93 assists in 291 games for PSG and won five Ligue 1 titles.MBAPPE TO JOIN REAL MADRID FROM PSG IN ‘MOST EXPENSIIVE FREE TRANSFER IN HISTORY’
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