Kylian Mbappe stays at PSG: What are football's biggest U-turns?

Kylian Mbappe will be a Paris Saint-Germain player next season.

In a dramatic turn of events, the French superstar rejected Real Madrid‘s offer and instead put pen to paper on a new three-year contract at the Parc Des Princes.

A few months ago and probably even as late as last week, that outcome would have been unthinkable.

It was quite the U-turn from Mbappe, although he’s far from the first professional footballer to have a sudden change of heart.

To highlight that fact, we’ve detailed 11 other major footballing U-turns in recent times for you to view below.

Let’s begin…

In April 2005, Mikel signed a contract with Manchester United and even wore the team’s shirt in a press conference.

But Chelsea claimed they already had a deal in place to sign the 18-year-old and a lengthy legal battle followed.

Then in July 2006, Mikel officially joined Chelsea and United received £12 million in compensation.

Throwback to when John Mikel Obi 'signed' for Manchester United for like…2 hours.