Kylian Mbappe has signed a new three-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain
The 23-year-old France international had been widely expected to leave the Ligue 1 champions for Real at the end of the season upon the expiry of his existing deal on June 30.
Real - who were willing to pay €230m to sign the forward on Deadline Day last summer - were ready to give Mbappe a signing-on fee of £110m and wages of £20m-a-year after tax. Their total investment would have been about £300m.
Mbappe was presented on the pitch ahead of PSG's Ligue 1 match at home to Metz - in which he scored a hat-trick - and said: "I would like to announce that I have chosen to extend my contract at Paris Saint-Germain, and of course I am delighted.
"I am convinced that here I can continue to grow at a club that provides everything necessary to perform at the highest level. I am also delighted to continue to play in France, the country where I was born, where I have grown up and where I have made my name."
In my humble opinion : Money is obviously going to be a big motivating factor, but let's face it, Mbappe would have been well paid at Real Madrid as well.
You have to look at the sporting aspects of the PSG project; they still haven't won this Champions League title they have been chasing for 10 years or more. It would also be a massive boost for the French game were Mbappe to be the key player for PSG when they bring home what would be just the second-ever Champions League success in France's history.
"This is also a massive boost for Ligue 1 at a time when it is desperately trying to salvage itself after the impact of Covid and trying to keep pace with the top five in Europe before the Champions League reforms come in.
"It's a big boost for PSG and Ligue 1, but also Mbappe. It's a challenge for him to be the difference-maker, the guy that turns PSG from perennial Champions League contenders to getting over the line."
That's all for now with what happened and mbeppe's decision, tell me in the comments your opinion about it,
Do you think it was a good decision to stay at PSG or would you have had a better chance at Real Madrid?
