Following official confirmation earlier this week that Kylian Mbappe will be leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, Real Madrid are now preparing to bring the 25-year-old to the Spanish capital in the summer. It’s not yet been announced, but it should arrive in the coming weeks.
When Mbappe’s move to Real Madrid is revealed, it will end months and months of speculation over where he would end up post-PSG. Los Blancos were always the favourites, although he was linked with numerous Premier League clubs having also been linked. However, those reports were never serious, as Fabrizio Romano told The Daily Briefing.
“The plan, as has been the case for some time, is for Mbappe to move to Real Madrid next, and I wanted to confirm that he never entered into negotiations with Premier League clubs.
“We’ve long had stories about Mbappe and the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal…still, the reality is that Mbappe never wanted to entertain any discussions with English clubs, first of all because his focus was on Real Madrid, and also because he didn’t want to create any more problems with Florentino Perez, the president at the Bernabeu, when he decided to turn them down and sign a new contract with PSG in 2022.
“On that occasion, Mbappe negotiated for a long time with Real Madrid before changing his mind, and so this time he didn’t want to create any problems. There’s been nothing in recent times – the most recent thing was when Liverpool asked about him in 2022, but then the financial package was absolutely impossible. Then in 2023 and 2024 there was nothing with English clubs, because his obsession was to join Real Madrid.”
Real Madrid are already one of the best teams in Europe, and adding Mbappe to their ranks will only make them stronger. It’s certainly a never exciting time to be a Madridista, especially with another Champions League final around the corner.
