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Kylian Mbappe
France striker Kylian Mbappe has told Paris St-Germain he intends to leave the club at the end of the season.
The 25-year-old’s deal with the Ligue 1 champions is scheduled to expire and he has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid.
Mbappe’s future was the subject of a major stand-off with PSG last summer.
At one point, Mbappe was exiled from the first-team squad and left out of the club’s pre-season tour of Asia.
However, an agreement was reached that ensured PSG would not lose out when Mbappe eventually left and the terms of his now seemingly inevitable exit are still to be confirmed.
The forward has a one-year extension clause, so it is expected his departure will involve either a sale with a transfer fee or financial sacrifices on the player’s part.
PSG are 11 points clear of second-placed Nice at the top of the French league and will also play Nice in the quarter-finals of the domestic cup.
The French champions beat Real Sociedad 2-0 in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League encounter on Wednesday, with Mbappe scoring the opener.
It was his fourth goal in Europe’s top competition this season, while he has 20 goals in the domestic league in the present campaign.
Overall, he has 243 goals and 93 assists in 290 games for PSG and has helped the club to five Ligue 1 title wins.
It is estimated Mbappe, who won the World Cup with France in 2018, earns around 200 million per year (£ 171 million).
