Kylian Mbappe, whose contract expires in the summer, has informed the French champions of his intentions. PSG is expecting Mbappe to move to Real Madrid, though the details of his departure are still being worked out.

Paris Saint-Germain anticipates that Kylian Mbappe will make his long-awaited move to Real Madrid at the end of the season, as the French player has already told the club about his departure from the club. There is still a decision on-going between the two parties regarding Mbappe’s potential departure either for a transfer fee or without receiving his own earnings.

Mbappe has made it clear to PSG that he will be this summer leaving as a free agent. It is anticipated that PSG and Mbappe will publicly announce his departure in the coming months. Real Madrid has a long-term interest in the 25-year-old forward, who must agree to a wage reduction to join the Spanish club, despite their willingness to make him the highest-paid player in the club’s history.

Real Madrid made an offer of €220 million (£188 million) for Mbappe in August 2021, which PSG declined. The attacker then chose to agree to a new three-year contract with PSG, which expires this summer. If Mbappe extends his contract by another year, PSG will value him at €150 million (£128 million) in the forthcoming summer window.

PSG welcomed a €300 million (£256 million) offer from Saudi club Al Hilal last summer which Kylian Mbappe declined. Mbappe’s exit will be the next phase in Paris Saint-Germain’s strategy to transition away from the individualised Galacticos era and towards a more youthful side focused on the collective. This began when Neymar, Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos, and Marco Verratti were permitted to leave.

Warren Zaire-Emery, 17, and Bradley Barcola, 21, have launched PSG’s new project, and the French club has the youngest roster in the Champions League this season. Xavi Simons, 20, who is now on loan at RB Leipzig, is another player regarded as important to PSG’s future. Simons and Zaire-Emery are set to be renewed by PSG, while Barcola signed a five-year contract with the club from Lyon in the summer.

Real Madrid expected to make Mbappe their highest-paid player.

PSG knew what was coming. Mbappe has the opportunity to extend his contract for a further year. Kylian informed the club hierarchy last season that he wouldn’t do it. The French international costs PSG a lot, estimated to be around £180 million per year when including wages and bonuses. There is an air of relief that the circus is coming to an end and their lives will take a different turn among the club board.

Everyone knows that Real Madrid wishes to sign the French captain since a long time. The 2022 World Cup Golden Boot winner remained in contact with Real for a long time because, as of January, Kylian has been free to speak with other teams because his contract expires this summer. Real Madrid is willing to make Kylian Mbappe the highest-paid player in history, but no club, even Real Madrid, can afford to pay him what he was making at PSG.

The talks have gone on for so long because Kylian is needed to reach an agreement with the PSG board as he will be taking a pay cut. The first stage in the process is that he informed PSG that he was departing, and they acknowledged it.

The Mood at Santiago Bernabeu

Within the club, everyone is optimistic, particularly Florentino Perez and Jose Angel Sanchez. They are the ones in charge who understand what is going to occur. They believe Mbappe will reveal where he will play to the club in March or April, but not in public. Everyone around the club believes he will play for Real Madrid, but it will be seen how it turns out, particularly within the next weeks.

Real Madrid insiders believe that Kylian’s recent earnings are linked to the lucrative offer they made to sign him before he extended his contract with PSG. According to the club, the player’s earnings are partially attributed to an offer from Real Madrid that PSG turned down.

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