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KYLIAN MBAPPE SPOTLIGHT
MBAPPE: SET FOR
WREAL hen Kylian Mbappe
EVERY SUMMER, THERE SEEMS TO BE
A TRANSFER SAGA INVOLVING KYLIAN MBAPPE AND 2024 WILL BE NO DIFFERENT. THIS TIME MBAPPE HAS CATEGORICALLY ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO LEAVE PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN AND JOIN REAL MADRID, SO IAN WATERHOUSE EXPLORES WHAT THE DEAL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
joined Paris Saint- Germain initially on loan in 2017 in what eventually became a permanent move, it made him the most expensive teenager of all
time - and second most expensive player ever after then teammate
Neymar Jr. Bankrolled by Qatar Sports Investments, this heralded an era for the club in which European dominance was expected to become the norm.
However, into his seventh season at the Parc des Princes the club and Mbappe are still waiting to lift a first Champions League trophy despite often running away with domestic honours.
At 25 years old, 2024 is set to become one of the most important circulations around the sun for the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner as his contract with PSG expires in the summer. Understandably, this situation was always going to see the rumour mill go into overdrive, and the speculation has swirled for what feels like an infinite amount of time now, with any club that has half a dime to spend linked with the Frenchman.
Ever since he left Monaco, Mbappe has been under the spotlight with the saga
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Kylian Mbappe faces a big decision on his future
surrounding his next destination a six- monthly occurrence whether the transfer window in Europe is open or not. In 2022, he seemingly surprised everyone when he signed a contract extension in Paris even though it appeared the gargantuan PSG walls were internally crumbling down. It included a one-year extension clause which made him one of the most powerful players at any club in world football, with it reported he would even have a say on how PSG operated, and any incoming and outgoing transfers.
A year later PSG’s all-time top scorer announced he would not be signing a contract extension with the club, fuelling the continuation of the epic never-ending saga
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