Kylian Mbappe Confirms PSG Departure

By: Gyang Dakwo

Kylian Mbappe has finally confirmed that he will leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer.

The 25-year-old is expected to join Real Madrid, the club he idolised as a child and with which he has long been linked.

He will enhance an already formidable team containing Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr and Toni Kroos, and also soon to include Brazilian teenage sensation Endrick.

In a seven-year spell at PSG, after moving from Monaco as an 18-year-old, Mbappe won six league titles and has scored 287 goals in 371 appearances, although he never managed to capture the Champions League, coming closest in a final defeat by Bayern Munich in 2020.

“I’ve always said that I would speak with you when the time comes and so I wanted to announce to you all that it’s my last year at Paris Saint-Germain,” Mbappe said. “I will not extend [my contract] and the adventure will come to an end in a few weeks.

“I will play my last game at the Parc des Princes on Sunday. It’s a lot of emotions, many years where I had the chance and the great honour to be a member of the biggest French club, one of the best in the world which allowed me to arrive here, to have my first experience in a club with a lot of pressure, to grow as a player by being alongside some of the best in history, to meet a lot of people and to grow as a man with all the glory and the mistakes I’ve made.”

Mbappe will play abroad for the first time in his career when he joins Madrid.