The 18-year-old striker has followed in the footsteps of Neymar
by joining the Parc des Princes side.
Paris Saint-Germain have pulled off their latest coup in the
transfer market by completing the signing of Kylian Mbappe
from Monaco.
The 18-year-old striker was the subject of intense transfer
speculation all summer but has finally joined his hometown club,
initially on loan but with the club having a compulsory purchase
clause in the deal that means he will arrive on a permanent
basis next summer.
At that time, he is expected to become the world’s second most
expensive player, with the deal reported to be as much as €180
million. PSG have already smashed the world transfer record
this summer, having acquired Neymar from Barcelona for
€222m.
As a result of that deal, they could not also afford to sign
Mbappe and stay within UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP)
regulations, hence the move is simply a loan to begin with.
The teenager is regarded as one of the hottest properties in the
game, having exploded into Monaco’s starting XI in the second
half of last season by scoring 26 times in 44 matches.
He has earned widespread praise, with Juventus great Gianluigi
Buffon dubbing him a “future Lionel Messi or
Cristiano Ronaldo”.
Mbappe has, though, been used sparingly at the start of the
new season, given the speculation around his future, with a
whole host of Europe’s top clubs having been linked with a
move at one stage or another.
The 18-year-old forward started the French Super Cup defeat to
PSG, and then Monaco’s first Ligue 1 game of the new
campaign, but has since been an unused substitute or left out
of the squad entirely.
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