Official: Mbappe confirms decision to leave PSG in June 

2018 FIFA World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe has announced his decision to leave Paris Saint Germain (PSG) at the end of the season.

Mbappe as an 18-year-old in-demand forward joined PSG from Monaco back in 2017 for a fee understood to be worth £166m.

Seven years after, the Frenchman has decided to leave League 1 and is expected to join La Liga giants Real Madrid.

In a video posted on his official Twitter (now X) account, the 25-year-old 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.

MERCI. 🔴🔵 @PSG_inside pic.twitter.com/t0cL2wPpjX

— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) May 10, 2024

“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.”

He added: “Despite everything that can happen on the outside, all this media hype that surrounds the club sometimes, there are some real club lovers who want to protect it and make it shine, and it’s great, and I know that with all these people, this club is in great hands.

“It’s hard, and I never thought it would be this difficult to announce that, to leave my country, France, the Ligue 1, a championship I have always known but I think, I needed this, a new challenge, after seven years.”

Mbappe and PSG were ousted by Borrusia Dortmund in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League, after losing 1-0 both home and away.

The Les Bleus captain will be hoping to break the UCL jinx when he completes his move to the most successful club in the competition— Real Madrid.