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Real Madrid ‘agree to sign Kylian Mbappe’s brother Ethan, 17, as part of deal to lure PSG superstar to Bernabeu’
The French star's mum had one more request for Florentino Perez
REAL MADRID have reportedly agreed a deal to sign Mbappe - although they are still waiting to secure the signature of Kylian.
The 25-year-old French superstar is out of contract at Paris Saint-Germain this summer.
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A number of reports have emerged that he has decided to join Real on a sensational free transfer.
Despite technically being free, the World Cup winning forward’s signing will not come cheap.
Some reports have even claimed that Mbappe is set to earn MORE than Jude Bellingham’s entire £114m transfer fee with his signing-on bonus.
We also recently revealed how other news outlets had claimed he had made three staggering financial demands in order to complete the move.
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Those have allegedly been met with Mbappe believed to have agreed a five-year contract to move to the Bernabeu.
Now a fresh update has claimed that Madrid are willing to sign the star’s younger brother Ethan, 17, in order to help finally get their man.
The midfielder is also currently at PSG but is mainly part of their youth side and has featured for them in the UEFA Youth League.
Ethan does have three senior appearances and even played alongside Kylian on his debut.
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But he now looks set to be heading to Spain with his sibling.
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explained on El Chiringuito show that Mbappe’s entourage, which is led by his mother Fayza Lamari, made the special request to Madrid.
They asked that they also sign Ethan, who becomes a free agent himself on June 30.
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Madrid president Florentino Perez was keen to make the family happy and allegedly quickly agreed.
Ethan is now set to link-up with Madrid’s B team this summer when his brother finally moves to Los Blancos.
The Mbappe brothers are not the only big brother-little brother duo who have rising stock in football.
Jude and Jobe Bellingham, who star for Real Madrid and Sunderland respectively, have had a meteoric rise in the last 12 months.
There are also Chelsea brother and sister Reece and Lauren James, as well as Serbian national team duo Sergej and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.
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