Real Madrid Last Minute Deal, Neymar and Messi: Behind Mbappé’s Decision To Leave PSG

Foot Mercato discusses the turbulent recent weeks in Kylian Mbappé’s saga. PSG gradually lost control.

May 2022. Smiles were widespread. Almost two years later, PSG is wearing a grimace. Tired of unfulfilled promises, Kylian Mbappé has thus decided to leave the club and join Real Madrid. According to Foot Mercato, everything was settled since early January.

“The agreement between Mbappé and Real was reached at the beginning of January, during a meeting between the two parties. Not informed, the PSG president tries to reassure himself with a relatively weak denial published through certain media outlets,” FM explains.

Next came the time to announce it to PSG, as Kylian Mbappé had agreed. “In mid-January, Mbappé requests a meeting with Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. The latter understands that the player has indeed decided to leave and will postpone the meeting, hoping for a new turn of events. The president thus delays the meeting, which will finally take place on February 13 during a discussion.” It’s on this day that Mbappé announces his departure.

“No turning back” states Mbappé

According to Foot Mercato, “Mbappé’s tone is assured, there can be no turning back this time. Mbappé doesn’t make it about money, and he makes it clear to the PSG president. Regardless of a possible new offer, he wants a change of scenery to win new titles,” FM assures.

It marks the end of a tumultuous relationship between PSG and the player, highlighted by a cataclysmic 2022 summer transfer window in which PSG failed to fulfill its promises of getting rid of Messi and Neymar to bring in Lewandowski and Bernardo Silva. The 2023 transfer window was not enough to change Kylian Mbappé’s mind, who with his letter during the summer, had already decided to leave Paris. Forever.