France international Kylian Mbappe, who will play for Spanish club Real Madrid for the next five seasons after leaving Paris Saint-Germain, is “free, happy and proud” to join the recent European football champions.
“I would like to thank everyone who worked on this complex operation, especially Florentino Perez. [presidente do Real Madrid]”Mbappe said in his first public reaction since his signing with the Merengues for the next five seasons was announced on Monday.
The captain of Les Bleus, who spoke at the press conference of the French national team dedicated to the preliminary match against Luxembourg, after his opening remarks asked journalists not to ask him any more questions about Real Madrid, so as not to harm the French national team, which is preparing to participate in Euro 2024 in Metz.
“It’s a great pleasure, a dream come true. I’m very excited. I’m very proud that I can get to the club I’ve always dreamed of,” Mbappe said, admitting he felt “free and relieved” to sign with the club . Spanish club.
The French captain explained that his refusal to answer further questions about Real Madrid was due to his “responsibilities” as leader of the Gauls, who play Luxembourg on Wednesday.
Mbappe came close to leaving Paris last summer but remained with the French champions for another year, leaving at the end of his contract.
“I can’t say I was unhappy at PSG. It would be a spit in the plate I ate from and in the face of the people who always protected me, but certain things and certain people made me unhappy,” he said.
The Spanish capital’s coat of arms will pit the 2018 world champion France against compatriots Aurelian Chuameni, Eduardo Camavinga and Ferland Mendy.
Mbappe joined PSG, home to Portuguese players Danilo Pereira, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha and Gonçalo Ramos, in 2017 from Monaco, scoring 256 goals and 96 assists in 308 official appearances for the Parisian club.
In France, he won six championships, one of which was with Monaco, three French Cups, three Super Cups and two Gallic League cups.