As it turns out, Kylian Mbappé isn’t going anywhere.
Despite making a summer transfer request last year and allowing his PSG contract to expire when it wasn’t granted, Mbappé has reportedly said he plans to stay with the Ligue 1 champion, according to multiple reports, snubbing Real Madrid—for the time being, anyway.
Mbappé reportedly spoke with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez to inform him of his decision and also communicated his intentions to PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino and his teammates, per ESPN’s Julien Laurens and Rodrigo Faez.
The decision is the culmination of a yearlong process that nearly took a drastic turn last summer, when Madrid tried to pry Mbappé from PSG during the transfer window.