Paris St-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe has agreed to join Real Madrid this summer.
The France captain, 25, has told PSG he intends to leave the club with his contract expiring in June.
Mbappe has not signed a contract with Real yet, but the deal could be announced once it is no longer possible for the clubs to meet in this season's Champions League.
The World Cup winner is PSG's record goalscorer with 244 goals.
Mbappe wanted his future sorted before March, so on 13 February, before training, he met PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and told him he was leaving and joining Real.
After reports emerged last Thursday that he would leave, Mbappe was left out of the starting line-up for Saturday's match against Nantes, but came off the bench to score a penalty as PSG went 14 points clear at the top of Ligue 1.
He is set to sign a five-year deal with Real, earning 15m euros (£12.8m) a season, plus a 150m euro (£128m) signing-on bonus to be paid over five years, and he will keep a percentage of his image rights.
Real manager Carlo Ancelotti has already thought how he will use Mbappe in his team, with England midfielder Jude Bellingham playing a deeper role, Brazilian Vinicius Jr playing on the left and Mbappe playing left of centre.
If Croatia midfielder Luka Modric leaves this summer, then Mbappe would inherit the number 10 shirt he wears for France.
PSG are 2-0 up against Real Sociedad after the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, while Real lead RB Leipzig 1-0.
How have we got here?
Mbappe won the French title with Monaco before joining PSG as an 18-year-old in 2017, initially on loan before a 180m euro (£165.7m) move.
Overall, he has 244 goals and 93 assists in 291 games for PSG and has helped the club to five Ligue 1 title wins.
Mbappe was set to leave PSG on a free transfer at the end of the 2021-22 season but ultimately signed a two-year contract extension, with the option of a further year.
However, after Mbappe told PSG he would not agree to the additional 12 months of the deal, he was not selected for their pre-season tour to Japan last July.
He subsequently refused to meet with representatives of Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal, who made a world record £259m offer for him.
He later returned to first-team training following what PSG said were "very constructive and positive" talks.
Mbappe turned down a move to Real when he agreed to his current deal with PSG in May 2022.
He has a one-year extension clause, so it is expected his departure will involve either a sale with a transfer fee or financial sacrifices on the player's part.
"He is no doubt one of the players anyone would love to have on his side. He is an amazing player," former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon told the BBC's Football News Show.
"We have very young players - he will join Vinicius, Rodrygo, Bellingham - and I think we have a very strong team. That's why we are leading La Liga and also we've won all our matches in the Champions League.
"So, for him it would be fantastic. Every fan of Real Madrid would like to see him playing in the Bernabeu.
"He will leave a mark. If he continues to play as he has up until now, for sure he will be one of the important players we have had in our history."
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He should play in the Premier League. I'm not very interested in watching the others.
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It will be like another Harry Kane situation
Yeah he's the top scorer in Bayern by far. But who tf cares anymore. In PL it was much more exciting.
Haaland will not be ever going too Barca so forget the CR7/LM10 2010-2015 epic battles
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Pep RETVRNS and brings haaland
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I can't rate any players outside the premier, if they were that good why are they not in England???
This is why Ronaldo>Pessi
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This but unironically.
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Ironically
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He's just like me fr fr.
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Just a shit Darwin Nunez
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Ain't he like old now ?
Neighbor is legit past his prime he ain't getting another World Cup
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Fricking zoomers think 25 is old I hate you.
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For his position it is, but this age men turning into brute and losing the cutie twinkery so he will be stronger but he relies on his speed. That's why defenders are older on average than forwards.
But mb France created some top tier drugs for him and he will continue run like this till he is 28
Another example if we remove age in gymnastic 6 year old chunks will dominate that sport
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You are r-slurred lmao
Look at Salah or Ronaldo, similar wide goalscorer positions, both performed on a high level into their 30's. Ronaldo even became a striker later on like Mbappe somewhat seems to be doing.
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He's not entirely wrong though. Ronaldo is a freak for a reason and Salah got started late at the high level ala Mudryk. Forwards do burn out earlier that other positions especially those who rely heavily on their speed. 25 is not a burnout age though lmao.
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Yeah he's talking about 28 being too old. Like Son is another example and this is his 11th season in which he has at least 2000+ league minutes, Di Maria was great till his mid 30's.
How well they can adapt to the loss of explosiveness is also a factor. That's why I brought up Ronaldo actually, he had a few big injuries and changed his playstyle quite a bit, it's not something that comes to people's mind that much nowadays but he was a really skillful dribbler and very good at free kicks too (his last good one was maybe back in 2015 tho), he lost a lot of technique and explosiveness but developed in other areas to compensate. If he stubbornly stayed a winger he'd start looking like shit a lot sooner.
Mbappe still has like 4 years of high burst and great technique, barring huge injury, and IMO enough other cowtools in him (movement, wide range of finishing) to become more of a poacher later on.
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Son is aging like wine I think he's got another few seasons easy at the top level hopefully retires with Spurs.
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Don't look at Ronaldo he is chosen one, Salah is nobody compared to Ronaldo
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25, he should be entering his prime now. He could be scary if Real Madrid handle him right.
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