Real Madrid have already signed a deal with Kylian Mbappe according to the latest reports in the Spanish capital. It was communicated to the press on Thursday last week that Mbappe would be leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season on the expiry of his contract, but he already has a deal in place with Los Blancos.
That is according to Marca, who claim that a deal was signed between Mbappe and Real Madrid two weeks ago. On the fourth attempt, Florentino Perez has finally got his man.
The French superstar has been heavily linked with the Spanish outfit for more than a year and those rumours only intensified after informing PSG last week he would be leaving in the summer, with his contract set to expire.
Mail Sport reported last week that Madrid are willing to make Mbappe the club's top earner, surpassing the £10.3m per season they pay Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior.
They will also pay a signing-on fee of around £85.5million and open talks over what percentage of his image rights he retains.
The report from Marca claims Mbappe's camp told PSG 'not to bother' making him further offers to stay at the French club because he had already struck a deal with Madrid.
Los Blancos had contacted the player's entourage in the early days of the new year to enquire if he was still planning to join Madrid after negotiations between the two camps the previous summer, it says, with Mbappe giving a 'positive' response.
It adds that Madrid no longer saw Mbappe as a player they wanted to sign 'at any price', knowing that they already had Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham as 'two of the best footballers on the planet'.
But at the start of February the club opened full negotiations looking to seal the deal as quickly as possible.