After years of rumors and missed dates, the marriage is finally concluded. Real Madrid, considered the biggest football club in the world, and Kylian Mbappé, one of the best players on the planet, link their destiny. The Spanish club announced this Monday, June 3, the signing of the Frenchman until 2029.
Published on: 06/03/2024 – 7:35 p.m.
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It’s a quest of several years that is finally coming to an end. Since the age of 14, Kylian Mbappé was in Real Madrid’s sights. A young gem then within the INF Clairefontaine, the teenager had even visited the Madrid infrastructure, before opting for AS Monaco to complete his training there and enter the professional world with a bang.
Time and again, the White House had come back to enlist his services. In 2017, the Frenchman preferred to join Paris Saint-Germain. Then, at almost every transfer window, there was talk of a transfer to Real. In May 2022, Mbappé missed the Madrid train again and extended his lease in Paris for a golden bridge.
But this time, it’s the right one. On May 10, 2024, the striker formalized the end of his seven-season long adventure at PSG. And there was no longer any real doubt as to his destination. The information fell this Monday, June 3: Real Madrid, freshly crowned with its 15th Champions League titleannounced the arrival of Kylian Mbappé, free of any contract.
For the player, a big fan of Zinédine Zidane, it’s a dream come true. The 2018 world champion had never hidden his admiration for the Merengue club, nor his desire to one day wear the white tunic. In Madrid, we have certainly had little taste of his previous turnarounds, notably that of 2022 when everything seemed to be complete to see him join the Spanish institution. But with a talent like Mbappé, you quickly forget your resentment when looking to the future. Here is finally “KM7” in its new home, even if supporters will have to wait until after Euro 2024 for the official presentation of their new nugget.
100 million euros signing bonus
According to the Spanish press, Mbappé should receive one of the biggest salaries in the club’s history, around 35 million euros gross per season. Just above the two current stars of the locker room, Bellingham and Vinicius, but far from his Parisian emoluments, estimated at 70 million euros annually, excluding bonuses.
His free transfer should also be accompanied by a signing bonus of more than 100 million euros and an unprecedented distribution of his image rights, 20% in favor of the Frenchman.
Real Madrid is a very important milestone in the career of the 25-year-old player who leaves with the status of top scorer in the history of PSG (256 goals in 308 matches). After having won everything at national level with Paris, after having played in two World Cup finals and having won one with the French team, Kylian Mbappé, captain of the Blues, is aiming for the most prestigious awards still missing from his list of achievements. At Real Madrid, supported by talents like Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Jr, the Frenchman can aim to finally win the two trophies that have been denied him until now: the Champions League and the Ballon d’Or. Unhappy finalist of the C1 in 2020 and 3rd in the 2023 Ballon d’Or rankings, “Kyky de Bondy” no longer wants to let anything go.
