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Kylian Mbappe has confirmed that this will be his last season at PSG after seven years at the club.
The 25-year-old made the announcement in a social media post on Friday, confirming his final match at the Parc des Princes will take place when they host Toulouse on Sunday.
Mbappe has long been linked with a move away from the French capital and is expected to complete a long-awaited deal to join Real Madrid when his contract expires at the end of the season.
‘Hello everyone, this is Kylian.’ Mbappé announced this on his official X account (formerly Twitter).
‘I wanted to talk to you. I always said that I would speak to you and I wanted to announce to you all that this is my last year at Paris Saint Germain and that the adventure will end in a few weeks.
Kylian Mbappé has confirmed that this will be his last season at Paris Saint-Germain
The 25-year-old addressed the club’s supporters directly in a three-minute video on social media
On Sunday I will play my last match at the Parc de Princes. It’s a lot of emotions, many years in which I have had the opportunity and the great honor to be a member of the greatest French club. One of the largest in the world.
‘Which allowed me to come here to have my first experience at the club, with a lot of pressure to grow as a player, of course being next to the best champions in history, to meet a lot of people, to grow. even as a man. With all the glory and the mistakes I’ve made.
‘First of all I would like to thank the teammates, all the teammates I had, all the coaches: Unai Emery, Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Christophe Galtier and Luis Enrique.’
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