Paris Saint Germain star man, Kylian Mbappé has officially announced that he’ll be leaving the club at the end of the season.
There has been a lot of speculation surrounding his future at the French club, but this announcement brings an end to talks about his stay at the club.
Kylian Mbappé joined Paris Saint Germain from AS Monaco in 2017 on an initial loan move before signing permanently in 2018 in a deal that had the Parisians cough out €180 million, the second most expensive signing in the history of football after Neymar, when he moved from Barcelona to PSG in 2017.
After 7 years of service at the club, the 2018 world cup winner has decided to move on to take on a new challenge with Real Madrid, his most likely destination.
In a video released on social media, Mbappe said: “I wanted to speak to you. I’ve always said that I would speak with you when the time comes, and so 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.
“I will play my last game at the Parc des Princes on Sunday. It’s a lot of emotion; 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 – which allowed me to arrive here, to have my first 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; to meet a lot of people, to grow as a man as well, with all the glory and the mistakes I’ve made.
“It’s hard, and I never thought it would be this difficult to announce that, to leave my country, France, Ligue 1, a championship I have always known, but I think I needed this – a new challenge after seven years.”
The 25-year old French international has scored 255 goals in 305 appearances for PSG, winning 6 Ligue 1 titles, 3 Coup de France, and 2 league cup in his 7 years at the club.
He also led the team to their first ever UEFA Champions League final in 2020 but lost to Bayern Munich.