Breaking down why Mbappé is finally leaving PSG for Real Madrid

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Last week marked the beginning of the end for the longest-running, most high-profile transfer saga of recent years. Kylian Mbappé has told Paris Saint-Germain that he'll leave the club when his contract expires this summer, and that's a significant step in the superstar forward's journey toward joining Real Madrid, the club that has coveted him for so long.

If you feel like we've been here before, you're right: Mbappé could have chosen Madrid before he signed for PSG in 2017. He could have arrived in Madrid in the summer of 2021, when PSG rebuffed a string of offers, or in 2022 when everybody -- including Mbappé and Madrid -- was convinced that he would…