KYL-LING IT
Kylian Mbappe’s Real Madrid transfer CONFIRMED as he takes huge £51MILLION per year pay cut… and crashes their website
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KYLIAN MBAPPE has finally been announced as a Real Madrid player.
After months, if not years, of speculation the French superstar has joined Los Blancos as a free agent.
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And his transfer ended up crashing the Spanish giants website after the announcement.
Once fans could get onto the site, they read a simple 24-word statement from the newly crowned Champions of Europe., reading: "Real Madrid C.F. has reached an agreement with the player Kylian Mbappé, who will be tied to the club for the next five seasons."
Mbappe joins Real Madrid after a six-year spell with PSG in which he scored 256 goals in 308 appearances.
The 25-year-old has penned a five-year contract with Madrid that will see him take a whopping £51MILLION pay cut to join.
It's believed that the star was earning a whopping £63.9m per year during his final season in Paris with an annual £25.6m signing-on-bonus too.
While his new deal in the Spanish capital will see him earn a comparatively measly £12.8m per year deal after tax, according to Sky Sports.
On his move to the Spanish capital, Mbappe said: "A dream come true. So happy and proud to join the club of my dream
@realmadrid."
"Nobody can understand how excited I am right now. Can’t wait to see you, Madridistas, and thanks for your unbelievable support.
¡Hala Madrid! 🤍🤍🤍"
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Mbappe will reportedly receive a whopping £106.5m signing-on bonus for his troubles - which will be paid in instalments over the course of his deal.
The World Cup winning bagsman announced he would be leaving PSG last month in an emotional video.
Kylian Mbappe signs for Real Madrid
Mbappe's PSG career
- 308 Games
- 256 Goals
- 108 Assists
- Ligue 1 titles x 6
- Ligue 1 top scorer x 6
- French Cups x 4
- French League Cups x 2
- French Super Cup x 3
- Champions League x 0
- Champions League top scorer x 1
He thanked the club and the fans for his stint in the French capital - but notably left out PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
He said: "PSG is a club that never leaves anyone indifferent. We can love it or hate it, I made the choice of loving it.
"And I did for seven years with ups and downs, of course, but I do not regret at any moment signing with this prestigious club.
"It's a club that I will keep in my memory my entire life. I will tell everybody, my whole life, that I had the chance to play here.
"And I won't be a player anymore, but I will continue to watch every game of course, because it's a club that I will always be interested in and I will always closely follow its news."
Kylian Mbappe ‘snaps up £15m mansion in Beckham’s old neighbourhood’ next door to Real Madrid legend and Hollywood star
By Gerard Couzens
KYLIAN MBAPPE has reportedly splashed out more than £15million on a mansion in Madrid.
The French superstar, whose drawn-out transfer to Real Madrid has finally being confirmed, is said to have finalised the purchase late last month.
Respected Spanish daily La Razon says the house he has bought is in the exclusive Madrid suburb of La Moraleja, where David Beckham spent most of his time living when he was in the Spanish capital.
And it says his neighbours will include former Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos and his stunning model wife Pilar Rubio as well as Hollywood star Richard Gere and his Spanish publicist wife Alejandra Silva.
La Razon said Mbappe had considered the gated estate of La Finca where Jude Bellingham lives and Cristiano Ronaldo still owns property as an option.
But it reported the 25-year-old, who threw an extravagant party for 250 guests at a stylish Italian restaurant a short walk from the Eiffel Tower, ended up opting for La Moraleja a 15-minute drive from Real Madrid’s Valdebebas training complex because it was “more comfortable.”
He added: " I want to say thank you, because without you all I would have never experienced half of the emotions I felt.
"And just for that, I am grateful for life. Thank you all."
Mbappe reportedly had a fight with Al-Khelaifi after snubbing him from his leaving video.
The PSG president is said to have approached Mbappe before the Ligue 1 match against Toulouse on May 12 to question why he didn't receive a compliment.
According to Le Parisien, the situation became "increasingly tense" before they clashed.
A dream come true. So happy and proud to join the club of my dream. Nobody can understand how excited I am right now.
Kylian Mbappe
A witness claimed "the walls shook" during the intense exchange.
It subsequently resulted in a four-minute delay to PSG's warm-up.
The goalscoring machine, who is widely considered to be one of the best players in the world, had come close to moving to Madrid back in 2022.
Real Madrid seemed to have put everything in place to lure Mbappe to the Bernabeu on a free transfer, but ultimately missed out when the star penned a two-year extension at the Parc des Princes in an unexpected U-turn.
That deal has now expired meaning Mbappe can complete the move to join the La Liga champions.
How Kylian Mbappe’s incredible seven-year body transformation propelled skinny teen into world’s best player
By Etienne Fermie
KYLIAN MBAPPE has entered his physical prime as he has FINALLY rubber-stamped his free transfer move to Real Madrid.
The 25-year-old has grown from a boy to a man in Ligue 1, first with Monaco and then with current side Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe debuted for Monaco as a skinny 16-year-old in 2015.
He even featured as a scrawny youngster against Tottenham at the old White Hart Lane that year, before fans realised what an icon he would become.
The following season, Mbappe really rose to superstardom as Monaco reached the Champions League semi-finals.
In a throwback snap shared earlier this week, an 18-year-old Mbappe could be seen chatting to a reporter after grabbing a Champions League brace against Borussia Dortmund in April 2017.
Mbappe joins the club just days after they won their 15th Champions League title with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley.
The former Monaco man joins the likes of Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo and Luka Modric in a team of superstars.
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The new breed of 'Galacticos' look set up to dominate European football for the foreseeable future.
For now though, Mbappe will shift his focus onto international football as he prepares for Euro 2024 with France this summer.
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