Mbappe to leave PSG at end of the season
The star con rms he will play his nal game for the club against Toulouse on Sunday as he is likely to join Real Madrid; leaves the French champion side without a Champions League silverware
Kylian Mbappe conrmed on Friday that he will leave French champions Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, with Real Madrid widely expected to be his next destination.
The announcement brings an end to a prolic association with his hometown team, which began when he signed from Monaco in 2017 in a deal worth 180 million euros ($194 million).
“I wanted to announce to you all that it’s my last year at Paris Saint-Germain.
“I will not extend and the adventure will come to an end in a few weeks,” Mbappe, 25, said in a video posted on social media. “I will play my last game at the Parc des Princes on Sunday.”
PSG has already secured the Ligue 1 title, its 10th in the last 12 seasons, and the Qatar-owned club will pick up the trophy after Sunday’s game against
Toulouse.
It means Mbappe will be denied the send-o he had hoped for in the Champions League nal at Wembley on June 1 and will end his seven-year spell at PSG without ever having won Europe’s elite club competition.
Mbappe informed PSG privately in February of his intention to depart when his contract expires at the end of the current campaign.
The 2018 World Cup winner had never conrmed publicly he was leaving, though, far less said where he will be going next, but it appears certain that he is bound for Real Madrid.
“It’s a lot of emotions, many years where I had the chance and the great honour to be a member of the biggest French club, one of the best in the world,” said Mbappe.
“It allowed me to arrive here, to have my rst experience in a club with a lot of pressure, to grow as a player of course, by being alongside some of the best in history, some of the greatest champions,” he added. “It’s hard and I never thought it would be this di£cult to announce that... but I think I needed this, a new challenge, after seven years.”
After Sunday’s game, PSG will complete its league campaign with away matches at Nice and at relegation-threatened Metz.