The Real Madrid transfer seems to be gaining momentum in the Spanish city, where Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain is a striker. As his contract comes to an end in the summer, the 25-year-old France captain informed PSG authorities that he plans to depart, a source close to the Ligue 1 winners revealed on Thursday.
Madrid are in pole position to sign a player whom they have moved for several times in the past only to be rebuffed, although they declined to comment when asked by AFP.
According to Spanish media, Madrid is making Mbappe a smaller offer than it did when he chose to extend his PSG contract in 2022. Cadena SER has stated that he is seeking a season salary of 50 million euros ($54 million) plus a substantial signing-on bonus of 120 million euros.
According to media site Marca, Mbappe told club management "that he only wanted to play for Real Madrid" and notified the Spanish powerhouses of his desire to quit PSG on Tuesday, 48 hours before it was made public by a PSG-affiliated source.
"The countdown has started," wrote Marca earlier in the day.
"Seven years later everything points to Mbappe's arrival being a reality from July 1."