Kylian Mbappe ‘is set to sign Real Madrid contract next week’ but deal will not be announced until end of the season

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN star Kylian Mbappe is reportedly set to sign for Real Madrid for FREE next week.

The Frenchman netted two against Real in the Round of 16 in the Champions League.

But a barnstorming second half at the Bernabeu saw Karim Benzema score a 16-minute hat-trick and win the tie for Real 3-2 on aggregate.

And according to Spanish newspaper , Mbappe is set to sign for Real for FREE next week - but the deal won't be announced until the end of the season.

Negotiations are said to have 'intensified' in recent days.

Real wrapping up a deal for, arguably, football's hottest property ends their near five-year aggressive pursuit of the player, having first registered their interest in 2017.

The LaLiga league leaders tried so sign Mbappe last summer, tabling an offer worth £145million.

But PSG turned down that bid for Mbappe despite the attacker having a year left on his deal.

Marca are also reporting that Mbappe will pick up a signing-on bonus worth an eye watering £50m-£67m.

And his yearly salary will be around £20.9m per season.

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PSG could also lose Neymar this summer.

The club and their owners in Qatar want to get Neymar out this summer, due to a number of reasons including his injuries and off the pitch problems.

Neymar is now 30 years old, and having cost PSG £190million, they would be lucky to receive half of that investment back in a sale.

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