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Mbappe confirms final transfer decision


Published : 16 Feb 2024 09:11 PM

Kylian Mbappe will reportedly leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season - as the forward continues to be linked with moves to Liverpool and Real Madrid.

The 25-year-old signed a two-year extension with PSG in 2022 but is now set to leave the club at the end of the season once his contract expires. 

"I haven't made my decision yet. I haven't made a choice," said Mbappe. "With the agreement I had with the president in the summer, my decision is not important as we managed to protect all the parties and preserved the serenity of the club for the challenges to come, which is the most important. So we will say that it [the decision] is secondary." 

Liverpool have also been linked with Mbappe, with their interest dating back to his time as a youth team player at AS Monaco. Last year, however, Jurgen Klopp conceded a deal for the PSG star was unlikely due to the astronomical finances it would take.

"I can say that I think he's a really good player," said Klopp, who will leave Anfield at the end of the season. "But the financial conditions don't suit us at all."

For PSG, the departure of their main star, a year after the exits of Neymar and Lionel Messi, marks the beginning of a new era of uncertainty.

Coach Luis Enrique is expected to be given the powers to shape a new, young and coherent team.

At the highest levels of the club, it has been hammered home in recent months that the priority must be the "recruitment of several players when Mbappe leaves". - 'Youth' transformation -

PSG will, said a source close to the club, continue its transformation "towards the collective and youth".

However, Mbappe has been a prolific striker, who has scored far more than any other player this season.

He broke the deadlock again on Wednesday in a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Mbappe also has more than 111 million subscribers on Instagram, giving PSG a wide international profile.

Mbappe last spoke on the issue of his future in early January when he insisted he had yet to make up his mind.

“I haven't made my decision, I haven't made my choice. But we have an agreement with the president (Nasser Al-Khelaifi) which means that all parties are protected," he told French television.

Mbappe, who has 46 goals from 75 international appearances, is paid some 70 million euros a year.

As a free agent he will be able to negotiate a blockbuster signing fee on top of any salary increase.

If the 2018 World Cup winner and 2022 World Cup top scorer does join Madrid in July, he would join English sensation the 20-year-old Jude Bellingham and Brazilian strikers Rodrygo and Vinicius, one of whom would have to make way for the Frenchman.

Spanish media, meanwhile, were already anticipating the arrival of Mbappe at Real Madrid, the 14-time European champions.