French striker Kylian Mbappe has told PSG that he intends to leave the club at the end of the season. The 25-year-old's contract with the Ligue 1 champions is about to expire and he has been closely linked to rumours of a move to Real Madrid.
Mbappe scored a goal for Paris Saint-Germain in the first round of 16 win over Real Sociedad in the last 16 of the Champions League on February 14 Last summer, Mbappe's future was the subject of a major confrontation with Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe was expelled from the first team at one point and ruled out of the club's Asian pre-season. However, a deal has been reached to ensure PSG will not suffer losses when Mbappe finally leaves, and his now seemingly inevitable withdrawal clause remains to be confirmed.
The striker has a one-year extension clause in hand, so his departure is expected to involve a transfer fee** or financial sacrifices on the player's side. While PSG wanted Mbappe to stay at the club, his exit seemed imminent as they aimed to build a younger team and abandon the 'Galaxy Battleship' plan, with Argentine striker Lionel Messi and Brazilian international Neymar also leaving since the end of last season.
It is estimated that Mbappe, who won the World Cup with France in 2018, earns around 200 million euros a year.
World Cup winners Paris Saint-Germain are 11 points clear of second-placed Nice in Ligue 1 and will face Nice in the quarter-finals of the domestic cup competition. On 15 February, the French champions beat Real Sociedad 2-0 in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, with Kylian Mbappe scoring. It was his fourth goal in Europe's top competition this season, while he has already scored 20 goals in the domestic league this season. Overall, he made 290 appearances for PSG, scoring 243 goals and providing 93 assists, and helped the club to five Ligue 1 titles.
Ligue 1 champions Kylian Mbappe won the French top flight title with Monaco before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 at the age of 18, initially on loan and later as a 1800 million euros in ** transfers. He made 60 appearances for Monaco, scoring 27 goals and providing 13 assists.
Mbappe was originally scheduled to leave PSG on a free transfer at the end of the 2021-22 season, but ended up signing a two-year contract extension with the option to extend for another year. However, he was not selected for the pre-season trip to Japan last July after Mbappe told PSG that he would not agree to an additional 12-month contract. Subsequently, he refused to meet with representatives of the Saudi Pro League team Al Hilal, who proposed a world record 2 for him£5.9 billion**. After PSG said the talks were "very constructive and positive", the striker later returned to first-team training.
Mbappe rejected a move to Real Madrid when he agreed to his current contract with Paris Saint-Germain in May 2022.
He scored a hat-trick in the 2022 World Cup final, but it ended in defeat as Argentina won on penalties. After Hugo Lloris retired, Mbappe was subsequently appointed captain of the French team.
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