An insight into the extent of the chaos drummed up by Kylian Mbappé at Spanish giants Real Madrid on Thursday has been forthcoming online.
The info comes courtesy of Relevo, who have detailed the latest developments behind the scenes at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Frontman Mbappé, of course, sent shockwaves across the entirety of European football late yesterday evening.
This came upon confirmation coming to the fore that the France international had at long last informed the hierarchy at Paris Saint-Germain of his decision to move on in the summer.
Mbappé will not sign an extension to his expiring terms at the Parc des Princes, meaning one of world football’s standout talents will indeed be lining out in the colours of another club next season.
And the club in question, according to widespread sources, is set to be the aforementioned Real Madrid.
Negotiations between Mbappé’s entourage and the Real brass have been ongoing for several weeks now, in a bid to find an agreement on the terms of a pre-contract.
With the significant stumbling block of PSG’s competition now out of the way once and for all, though, as much is expected to arrive in short order.
And, safe to say, this culminated in quite the stir in the Spanish capital on Thursday.
As per the aforementioned Relevo, a ‘tsunami’ of messages and phone calls was kickstarted by news of Mbappé’s decision.
At Real’s Valdebebas centre, players, staff and even coaches are understood to have frantically made contact with one another, amid a whirlwind of emotions.
This comes amid a growing understanding amongst all involved with Real Madrid – that Mbappé, at long last, is on his way:
‘The white bosses are reluctant to say explicitly that the signing is done, but they let it slip that it could be closed at any time.’
In fact, so close is the transfer now considered, that the name of wide-man Mbappé is even beginning to frequent itself ‘in coaching staff meetings’, with a view to next season.
Conor Laird | GSFN
