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Transfer news expert Ben Jacobs has provided some details on Kylian Mbappe’s Real Madrid contract as it looks like this move is close to being finalised.
Mbappe is set to be out of contract with Paris Saint-Germain at the end of this season, and it’s been widely reported that he’s now informed the club’s president Nasser Al-Khelaifi of his decision to leave in the summer.
Jacobs has provided some insight into Mbappe’s likely deal with Real Madrid, with the journalist stating that a contract has been looked over by the France international and his camp.
It seems Mbappe is set to earn €15m per year in Madrid, while he’ll also get a signing-on bonus from Los Blancos.
However, Jacobs has made it clear that this is a lower salary for Mbappe than he’d been earning with PSG, so the 25-year-old is clearly taking a pay cut and making a footballing decision if he finalises this move to the Bernabeu.
“Mbappe already has a contract to look over, and it’s for five years. It’s only a matter of time before he signs. The salary is ‘only’ around €15m per year, plus the signing-on bonus. With image rights factored in, it’s still competitive, but is lower than PSG’s renewal offer, and the package Real presented in 2022,” Jacobs said.
“Mbappe has always known he’s going to earn a lower base wage than at PSG so that’s not a huge factor. But he does need the green light to play in both Euro 2024 and the Paris Olympics. The latter clashes with Real’s US pre-season tour.
“Eventually, and pretty quickly, the parties are expected to work things out. Mbappe is now only going to end up in one place… it’s just a case of how many ‘games’ take place before it’s 100% official.”
Jacobs added that any talks that may have taken place with Manchester City are only a negotiating tactic, so the Premier League champions can probably give up on any dream of bringing the Frenchman in to form a dream attacking partnership with Erling Haaland.
“Mbappe is not expected to join any other club. Suggestions of a move to the Premier League have always had more smoke than substance. Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea have always downplayed links,” Jacobs said.
“Some recent reports suggested Mbappe’s camp held a last-ditch meeting with Manchester City, but I am not aware of anything concrete there. It’s just a way of Mbappe giving himself maximum leverage as he irons out the final details with Real.”
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Exclusive: Fabrizio Romano explains why Kylian Mbappe has now chosen to leave PSG for Real Madrid transfer
Transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano has spoken exclusively to CaughtOffside‘s The Debrief Podcast to explain how it finally came to be that Kylian Mbappe decided to leave Paris Saint-Germain, with Real Madrid looking highly likely to be his next destination.
Mbappe will be out of contract with PSG this summer, and it seems he’s now only negotiating with Real Madrid as he prepares to become a free agent.
The France international certainly seems like the dream ‘Galactico’ signing that Los Blancos are famed for, and it will be interesting to see how he lives up to the hype once he does complete a move to the Bernabeu.
Romano insists nothing has been signed just yet, so it’s not formally completed, but it remains widely expected that Mbappe will finally end up becoming a Madrid player, as it seems he came to the decision in the last few weeks that he wanted to try a new challenge after a long and successful spell with PSG.
However, Mbappe’s difficulties in Paris started last year when he found himself out of Luis Enrique’s squad for a period.
Romano explained: “I would say around November-December a decision was made. Even last summer the situation was really complicated, the player was not travelling for pre-season and it was a tense situation. In January, Mbappe took some time to communicate with his camp and then inform Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
“I think he felt it was time for him to try something different – he felt it was time for a new league, new city, new project, and this is why Mbappe wants to do something different after a long time at Paris Saint-Germain.
“At the moment Mbappe is only negotiating with Real Madrid, I’m not aware of anything with any other clubs. Of course as a free agent it remains open, but it seems very clear that Real Madrid is the clear direction of this deal.”
Not since the era of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have we really had a superstar of this calibre playing for one of La Liga’s big two, so it will be exciting to see what Mbappe can do with this move to Spain.
The 25-year-old has had a great career so far, but his critics might argue he’s not quite challenged himself enough, so this could be the move that really launches his career in terms of becoming regarded as one of the modern greats of the game.
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