It is over! Kylian Mbappe is officially a Real Madrid player, the Royal Club announced this Monday afternoon.The saga surrounding the arrival of the French goalscorer in Madrid lasted for a long time, and despite the fact that such a thing could have been expected for several months, especially when Mbappe refused to (again) extend his cooperation with Paris Saint-Germain in February, the Real Madrid website crashed under the onslaught of visits. football fans from all over the world. However, the announcement that Mbappe is their new striker is visible on social media platforms##NAJAVA_MECA_8140575##Real Madrid fans could hardly imagine a more ideal paradise of the season. A few days ago, the 15th title of European champion was won at Wembley, last night it was celebrated on the streets of Madrid and the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, and today the Royal Club delighted the fan army with the transfer of probably the biggest star of world football.Comunicado oficial: Mbappé.#RealMadrid— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) June 3, 2024 The world of football has been waiting for this transfer for seven years. Since Mbappe appeared as a teenager in that crazy season (2016/17) for Monaco in the Champions League. Even then, Real wanted him, but the moment was still not right. Los Blancos didn’t want to pay 200,000,000 euros as requested by Monaco, nor did they need Mbappe next to Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema and other stars… But that’s why PSG decided to shake up the football planet that summer even after Neymar’s record transfer of 222,000,000 euros, they also brought Mbappe for 180,000,000 euros. At that time, he too had the desire to try his hand in his hometown and become a local hero who brought Paris the first title of European champion. However, he did not succeed in that…Teammates and coaches changed at Parc des Princes, he played with aces like Neymar, Cavani, Messi, Di Maria, but the Saints did not climb to the top of Europe. Real never took him off their radar and they flirted with him in almost every transfer window after that. The biggest war for Mbappe was waged by PSG and Real in the last week of August 2021, when the Royal Club sent four offers within seven days, the last of which was around 200,000,000 euros. Nasser Al Khelaifi did not even want to hear it, rich Qataris are used to being the ones who can always pay more and buy everythingUn sueño hecho realidad. Muy feliz y orgulloso de formar parte del club de mis sueños @realmadrid Es imposible explicar lo feliz y emocionado que me siento en este momento. Estoy impaciente por veros, Madridistas, y gracias por vuestro increíble apoyo. ¡Hala Madrid! 🤍🤍🤍 A… pic.twitter.com/YTumusAXT6— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) June 3, 2024 PSG then repelled Real’s attacks and won the battle, but not the war. Mbappe entered the last year of his contract and the Parisians had to keep him as best they could so that he would not leave for nothing next summer. They also brought in Messi, convinced him that he would be the most powerful club on the planet and offered him incredible money. In the spring of 2022, Real went into action again. Mbappe wavered, was on the verge of agreeing, but then came the pressure from all sides. Finally, from the President of the country, Emmanuel Macron, whose political and business ties with the Qataris are very close. Mbappe rejected Real Madrid and in the end even sent an apology message to Florentino Perez.PSG ‘broke the bank’ to keep him and made him the highest-paid player in the world, through various legitimate and illegitimate bonuses and clauses in the two-plus-one-year contract. Just for the extension of the contract, Mbappe received a bonus of 125,000,000 euros. Plus a salary of 72,000,000 euros gross per season. Plus loyalty bonuses: 70,000,000 in the first year, 80,000,000 euros in the second and 90,000,000 euros in the third year. If he accepts to activate that third one.He didn’t activate it. Last summer, he told Al Khelaifi he wanted to go. The Qatari had the option to sell him this summer or to stay this summer without a cent of compensation. The latter happened and they were completely humiliated… All he managed to do was force Mbappe to give up his €80,000,000 loyalty bonus in the second year. They kicked him out of the team, threatened him with sending him to the stands for the rest of the season and the French striker sacrificed a guaranteed bonus. But that is a pocket money compared to what he earned in seven years in Paris. In total, his contracts cost the Parisians over half a billion euros. Plus compensation to Monaco of 180,000,000.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Although in the summer of 2022 it was thought that Mbappe had cut all ties with Real by rejecting Perez, the Royal Club only temporarily walked away. The great results, the increase in income and the overall perfect situation at the club forced Perez to call Mbappe for the last time. It was in the fall, and then a pact was finally concluded that PSG could not influence. Madrid have given the Frenchman an ultimatum to respond by January 15 to their offer, which amounts to: a signing bonus of 130,000,000 euros and a six-year contract worth 26,000,000 euros net per season. The final “yes” came and there were no longer any obstacles to bring together the biggest club and the biggest star of today.Despite the great results and stars like Vinicius, Bellingham and others, Real needed a megastar in attack after the unexpected departure of Karim Benzema. And there is nothing bigger than Mbappe in the world of football right now. Although Carlo Ancelotti masterfully managed the season without the classic “no.9”, it was clear that Real needed an attacking force like Mbappe in order not to improvise and struggle in games against the biggest rivals like Manchester City or Bayern.The next chapter of Kylian Mbappé’s incredible journey so far: Real Madrid 🤩 pic.twitter.com/245HpWDhHm— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 3, 2024 Los Blancos were also careful not to disturb the hierarchy in the star-studded locker room with Mbappe’s contract. The Frenchman will be the highest-paid player at Real but with a slightly higher contract than Vinicius and Bellingham, who earn around €21,000,000 net per season. In Paris, he would have received at least twice as much, but in Paris he realized that he would not win the Champions League, the Ballon d’Or, or recognition for the biggest star in world football… Ahead of Real’s Champions League match against Leipzig in mid-February, Carlo Ancelotti was informed by the club’s management that he will be able to count on Kylian Mbappe from next season. Everything was done and only the official confirmation that followed today was awaited.BREAKING: Real Madrid have announced the signing of Kylian Mbappé 🚨 pic.twitter.com/DxD5ZPXriZ— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 3, 2024 As Mbappe’s contract with Paris Saint-Germain is valid until June 30, there were fears that Real would not be allowed to confirm the transfer before that date for fear of a lawsuit from the Parisians, but in the end they also realized that it would not be any revenge but only sour grapes and they admitted final defeat. Nasser Al Khelaifi promised in 2021, 2022, 2023 that Kylian Mbappe would not leave the club as a free agent, but that is exactly what happened. On May 10, the player informed the public in a video message that he was leaving Paris, thanked and mentioned everyone in the club except for Al Khelaifi, which is why he had a heated argument with them at the stadium two days later. For Mbappe’s last match, PSG did not want to organize any celebration or thank him, but the ultras dedicated him to choreography and Mbappe recently invited them to a barbecue and socializing as a sign of gratitude.Real Madrid tonight confirmed that they have signed Kylian Mbappe until 2030 and it can be said that Florentino Perez has successfully launched the Galacticos 3.0 project.KYLIAN MBAPPE FOR €0 TRANSFER FEE! pic.twitter.com/lNQ7ZWWwrq— TC (@totalcristiano) June 3, 2024
