Real Madrid ready to restart Kylian Mbappe transfer talks

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 23 May 2023 09:09 CDT
• 3 min read

Real Madrid are ready to restart negotiations to sign Kylian Mbappe this summer, according to Marca.

The Spanish daily reports that Madrid are not planning as of yet to contact PSG to make an official offer.

However, they have made the decision to try and sign Mbappe if there is an opening.

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This is a change in tact from Madrid, who for a number of months appeared to have written off ever signing Mbappe after the attacker suddenly rejected them last summer.

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 three-year extension with PSG at the end of May.

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 last summer, 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 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 there are reports that it actually expires in 2024.

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

This certainly gives Madrid more chances of finally signings Mbappe this year or next.