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Kylian Mbappe Snub Leaves Real Madrid Reeling As Reality Of New World Order Sets In

Real Madrid thought they had a signing to define an era and the heir to Cristiano Ronaldo. Instead they got humiliation and a reminder of football's new world order, after Kylian Mbappe decided to stay at Paris Saint-Germain. The boy who plastered posters of Ronaldo onto his bedroom walls had been applauded by Real Madrid's fans when PSG played at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Champions League in March.

La Liga President Calls Kylian Mbappe PSG Deal "Insult To Football"

Paris Saint-Germain's deal with Kylian Mbappe is "an insult to football," La Liga president Javier Tebas said Saturday after the player rejected an offer from Real Madrid. "What PSG is doing by renewing Mbappe with large sums of money...after posting losses of 700 million euros in recent seasons and having a wage bill of over 600 million euros, is an INSULT to football," Tebas tweeted. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi "is as dangerous as the Super League," he added in a reference to a new competition with 12 of Europe's biggest clubs proposed last April.

"Very Happy" Kylian Mbappe Snubs Real Madrid To Stay At Paris Saint-Germain

Kylian Mbappe said he was "very happy" to stay at Paris Saint-Germain after the club announced that the World Cup winner was rejecting Real Madrid to remain in France until 2025. "I am very happy to stay in France, in Paris, in my city," Mbappe told supporters on the Parc des Princes pitch before he marked his new deal with a hat-trick in PSG's 5-0 win over Metz in their final Ligue 1 match of the season in Saturday. Standing next to PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi, Mbappe said: "I hope I'm going to be able to continue to do what I like most -- winning football matches and trophies with all of you."

Kylian Mbappe Agrees In Principle To Stay At PSG: Report

Kylian Mbappe has agreed in principle to turn down Real Madrid and stay at Paris Saint-Germain for another three years, AFP learned from a source close to the negotiations on Saturday. PSG hope to make an official announcement by the end of the day that the 23-year-old forward is staying at the club, the source, who asked not to be named, said. The club are playing Metz in their final Ligue 1 match of the season at the Parc des Princes.