The French has already made his decision, and will remain with PSG
Until the day before the news of his decision broke, neither his current club nor his suitors, knew exactly what was going to happen with Kylian Mbappé. He had reached agreements with both long ago, something his mother and one of his representatives, Fayza Lamari, confirmed on Friday.
Nothing had been signed, but the terms were all set. Both clubs were willing to pay $158 million as a signing-on fee, and both agreed that he would have the majority of his image rights and a salary of $42 million, bbc.com reported.
Mbappé's decision is not entirely motivated by money, but that has played a role.
About a month ago, PSG were very strong and said they would offer him that huge signing-on fee to stay for two more years.
The Spanish champions said yes. There were also negotiations over image rights, Real Madrid always want 50% of those, but they had to go below that figure to convince Mbappé.
Or at least they thought they had convinced him. Even when Mbappé chose PSG back then, his people were insisting to Real Madrid that he would end up there one day.
For now, for Madrid it's an embarrassing conclusion to their pursuit of a player who would have been the first cast-iron Galactico since Cristiano Ronaldo's departure in 2018, or you could argue the first to arrive since Eden Hazard joined in 2019, they'll have to explain it to their fans somehow.
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