This January 1st begins a new transfer window in Europe and with it a new chapter for the frustrated romance between Kylian Mbappé and Real Madrid which has continued for several years with the French striker refusing to accept proposals to wear white.
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He Paris Saint Germain (PSG) He has done everything possible to prevent his star from being stained with merengue, including making him the highest-paid footballer on the team and removing from his path the footballers with whom he did not mix in the locker room, such as himself. Neymar Jr.
Mbappé will have six months remaining on his contract next June and from Madrid assures that the papers are ready so that in the first second that the forward remains as a free agent they can sign him, but how has the novel evolved during all this time?
The beginning of the novel
He Real Madrid has had his eyes fixed on Kylian Mbappé since the forward I was 14 years old in the now distant 2012. At that time, the Frenchman’s family traveled to Spain so that the young man could try out with the team and the crush was immediate.
Mbappé captivated Madrid with his impressive raw talent, but the teenager was not yet ready to undertake the adventure far from home and the parents chose to reject the training proposal, arguing that their son was not ready to leave his surroundings.
Kylian Mbappe with AS Monaco
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Second try
The Merengues understood that it was not the time, but they kept their sights set on the Parisian and A second opportunity to sign him came in 2017. when Mbappé played for Monaco.
Once again the Spaniards knocked on his door with a juicy offer but the then 19-year-old youth He preferred to stay in his country considering the proximity of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 180 million euros that PSG had put on the table to buy his letter.
Time proved ‘Donatelo’ right, who was crowned world champion with France with him as a figure, especially in the Final, and becoming a world soccer star with Paris and playing alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr.although in the end the relationship with both of them did not end in the best way.
Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi with Paris Saint Germain
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PSG blinds Mbappé
In the summer of 2022 everything seemed to indicate that Kylian Mbappé He had his hours numbered with PSG and that his next destination, now, would be Real MadridEven the Merengues already had everything ready to receive him, but from one moment to the next everything fell apart.
Madrid presented itself as champion of LaLiga and the Champions League y Florentino Pérez He had been in charge of personally carrying out the negotiations for the arrival of Mbappé to the White House, whom they were already expecting as a free agent.
However, Mbappé’s renewal was not just a matter of football, but a matter of state where even the president of France Emmanuel Macron was in charge of calling the forward to reiterate his role as an example for the country, while the PSG board was in charge of drawing up a contract that was impossible to reject, in addition to convincing Faisa Lamarimother of the soccer player, that the best thing was to continue in the country.
The final result was Mbappé’s sit-in at Real Madrid, a two-year contract with an option for one more and Florentino’s annoyance at not getting what he wanted.
Kylian and Ethan Mbappe
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Mbappé resists renewing
The stipulated contract indicates that Kylian Mbappé He will be a free player in the summer of 2024 unless he puts his signature on paper to make the optional extra year effective; However, the forward has already shown his desire to now play in Spain.
Already during the summer of 2023 He refused to sign the extension and had to face the consequences of the board to exclude him from the tour of Asia and deprive him of the preseason, but Mbappé has remained firm and from January 1 he will be free to begin managing a possible arrival at the new Santiago Bernabéu for the start of the 2024 season -25.
2023-12-28 03:11:08
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