Report: Kylian Mbappé has officially signed a contract with Real Madrid

Fresh off winning its record 15th UEFA Champions League title, Real Madrid has finalized the long-expected addition of superstar forward Kylian Mbappé, per a report from soccer journalist Fabrizio Romano.

Real Madrid will announce the addition of Mbappé next week after he verbally committed to the Spanish soccer giant in February, per Romano.

Mbappé and Real Madrid have been linked for several years, as the 25-year-old France national team captain grew up a fan of the powerhouse La Liga club to the point where he took Spanish lessons as a teenager in order to speak the language fluently. However, French club Paris Saint-Germain repeatedly — and often successfully — fought to keep Mbappé around in the short term, even enlisting the help of France president Emmanuel Macron at one point to convince the superstar to remain on in his native country at the club level. 

The relationship between Mbappé and PSG has deteriorated, however, in recent years, and after another reported flirtation with Real Madrid last offseason, Mbappé confirmed in May that this current club season would be his last with PSG.

Mbappé remains a France sports icon due to his already-legendary national team career. As a 19-year-old in the 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup, Mbappé scored four goals to help Les Bleus win the title and was named Best Young Player in the tournament after becoming the first male teenager to both score a brace in a World Cup match and score in the World Cup Final since Pelé. Four years later, Mbappé won 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Golden Boot after his eight goals nearly carried an injury-plagued France squad to a repeat World Cup title. However, France lost to Argentina, captained by Mbappé's then-PSG teammate Lionel Messi, in the final