Why Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid is LIKELY this summer

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 28 Feb 2023 11:54 GMT
• 3 min read

Kylian Mbappe looks very likely to leave PSG and join Real Madrid this summer, according to Marca.

The reason for this is Mbappe’s contract in Paris expires in 2024.

Unless Mbappe decides to activate the option in his contract to extend his deal for a further year, he will be available on a free transfer at the end of the 2023-24 season.

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Marca reports that Mbappe has four months to activate this option, or else PSG will be forced to sell him to avoid his transfer value plummeting.

As things stands, Mbappe has no interest in extending - meaning a summer move to Real Madrid is increasingly likely.

Mbappe to Real Madrid talks in 2022

Mbappe had seemed destined to join Real Madrid last summer but completed a dramatic turnaround by penning a two-year extension with PSG at the end of May 2022.

Throughout 2021-22, it had been unanimously accepted that he would sign for Madrid on a Bosman transfer when his previous PSG contract expired.

Having rejected a €200 million bid from Real Madrid for Mbappe in the summer of 2021, the Frenchman was believed to have already agreed a free transfer move to the club he supported as a child.

This was reinforced by the fact that he rejected numerous offers of a PSG extension throughout the 2021-22 campaign.

But, in a shock twist, Mbappe decided to sign a new deal at PSG.

It was thought that the new deal at PSG ran until 2025 but it has since been revealed it actually expires in 2024, with the option of a further year.

Only Mbappe himself – and not PSG – have the option of extending the deal by a further year.