Sky Sports News’ chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol said: “It’s been an open secret in the world of football that Kylian Mbappe was going to leave in the summer but he had not officially told PSG.
“The terms of his departure haven’t been fully worked out yet. There are more details to go through contractually and also all the financial elements.
“As far as PSG are concerned, they knew this was coming. Mbappe had an option to extend his contract by another season. He told them last season he wasn’t going to do that.
“He was frozen out of the first-team squad, he was made to train with the players who had no future at the club, but then he was allowed to play for PSG again.
“There’s always been an expectation at PSG that he was going to leave. He costs PSG an absolute fortune, in the region of £180m a year when you factor in his wages and bonuses.
“There’s a sense of relief that this whole circus is going to be over and their future is going to move in a different direction. All that money they’re saving from not spending on Mbappe they can invest in other players.
“Everybody knows Real Madrid want to sign him. He’s been in talks with Real for a long time because since January he’s been able to talk to other clubs as he’s out of contract this summer.
“Our information is, Real are prepared to make him the highest-paid player in history but there is no way a club even as big as Real can afford to pay him the kind of money he was earning at PSG.
“The talks have dragged on for so long because they have had to come to an agreement as he’s going to take a wage cut. The first step in the process is he has told PSG he is leaving and they have acknowledged that.”
