Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid, what is known about the coolest transfer of the year

PSG's star striker could have moved to Madrid two years ago, but he stayed in France to make history at the Parisian club. At the same time, rumors about a transfer to Real Madrid do not subside, and the fact that Mbappé's contract with the French club expires in the summer of 2024 has intensified rumors about an imminent agreement with Madrid.

Since mid-January, Kylian can officially negotiate with other teams without violating his contract with PSG. A month earlier, the ultimatum that Real Madrid had given the Frenchman became known: if the player did not respond to the offer before January 15, Madrid would change another star forward.

Many media outlets do not exclude the possibility that, after so much pressure from Madrid, Mbappé changes his mind and chooses a third team: Liverpool, for example, is among the possible buyers. However, most sources agree that the long-awaited contact will still occur, and even claim that Mbappé has started salary negotiations at the new club.

Such an amount can become a serious obstacle to the transfer, and the question is not so much that the club will not find that money, but how this will affect the rest of the team. Now Real Madrid's highest salary is estimated at 24.5 million euros per year: the club pays that amount of money to one of the most titled players in the world, Toni Kroos. It turns out that Mbappé asks for the triple, which could humiliate the rest of the players on the team.

Real battle, Real Madrid puts on a show without Mbappe

Meanwhile, Real, even without Mbappé, surpassed their rivals in the league: in the Madrid derby they scored five goals against Atlético. As for Mbappé, the Real Madrid players do not believe in the Frenchman's transfer, but they prefer not to talk about it in the team's locker room, and the star's entourage stated that a decision has not yet been made.