On the other side of the Pyrenees, we've been waiting for this for years.
So obviously, the day after the “announcement” of the upcoming departure of the captain of the Blues at the end of the season, the Madrid press has only one subject to offer to its readers.
It is summed up by the front page of “Marca”, the major Spanish daily, crossed out by a broad smile from the Frenchman titled “Se va, se viene” which is summed up by “He is arriving”.
For “Marca”, there is no doubt: Mbappé’s next destination is Real Madrid to put an end to “the longest transfer in the world”, indicates the newspaper.
In its “fact of the day”, the daily writes: “Real was waiting for Mbappé to take the first step.
He did it.
The French star had to publicly show his desire to leave PSG so that Florentino Perez (the president of Real) and his team would get to work and Real Madrid could sign the player.
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For “Marca”, only the terms of the contract remain to be defined and according to him, Real is not ready for all the madness either.
The daily confirms that Real was ready to offer €50M per season to Mbappé in 2022. This offer would now only be half.
“The club wishes to preserve the natural order of its locker room and not endanger the economic stability of the club,” writes the newspaper.
#LaPortada 🗞 Se va 🐢 Se viene pic.twitter.com/iR7uAQKhgs
— MARCA (@marca) February 15, 2024
“As”, the Marca competitor writes for his part on the front page of all the newsstands in the country ““Farewell Paris” specifying that the next departure of Mbappé, which the world champion announced on February 8 to the president of PSG, marks “the end of one of the soap operas of the last five years, of this century, possibly even of the history of football.
Kylian Mbappé leaves PSG.
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“As” thinks that in France, this departure is “a revolution” rejoicing in passing that “the PSG of the Galactics will be ancient history from June and Qatar is preparing to start a new project without big stars” .
✨ ¡Buenas noches!
This is our #PortadAS of hoy, viernes 16 of February
📰 ADIÓS PARÍS pic.twitter.com/O5V89L3caV
— Diario AS (@diarioas) February 15, 2024
The daily also looks ahead to the Frenchman's future in the Spanish capital: “This will take the club to another dimension.
Firstly, in terms of brand awareness.
Secondly, on a sporting level.
The Frenchman is, without a doubt, the best player on the planet.
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The country's other daily newspapers such as “El Pais”, the equivalent of “Le Monde” in Spain, do not devote their front pages to this information.
But they dedicate their sports pages to it.
“This time, it seems so.
With all the precautions that the volatility of the character requires, and the mixed resentment, but resentment nonetheless, which still nestles in certain offices of Real Madrid, the arrival of the Frenchman is taking shape.
» writes El Mundo.
In Barcelona, on the other hand, among Real's great rival, the enthusiasm is less palpable.
Mbappé makes less of the headlines in the Catalan press than in Madrid.