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Kylian Mbappé Will Stay at P.S.G., Rejecting Real Madrid

The battle to sign the world’s best young player produced dueling offers worth more than $200 million. Mbappé picked the one that will keep him in Paris.

Kylian Mbappé's new contract with Paris St.-German is for three years.Credit...Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA, via Shutterstock

Paris St.-Germain has persuaded Kylian Mbappé to sign a new contract, one of the richest in soccer history, that will keep the French striker at the club for the next three years while he pursues a second consecutive World Cup with France and attempts to end the club’s string of failures in the Champions League.