Madrid finally went public with football’s worst kept secret in early June, announcing that Mbappe would be joining them following his departure from Paris Saint-Germain.
But the club statement was just 73 words long and the world is yet to see the Frenchman in the sparkling all-white kit that he will be wearing in 2024/25 and beyond.
“Real Madrid CF and Kylian Mbappe have reached an agreement whereby he will be a Real Madrid player for the next five seasons,” is so far the only official acknowledgement from Los Blancos that they have signed arguably the greatest player of his generation.
That will soon change. It is tradition for Madrid to roll out the red carpet for major new arrivals – just think back to Cristiano Ronaldo’s unveiling in 2009. But AS reports that the club intends this to be the “most impressive presentation ever made of a footballer” to underline to Mbappe his importance.
