Kylian Mbappe joins PSG on season-long loan deal from Monaco and will sign for £166m next summer
French champions confirm the departure of their teen hotshot as the summer's longest running transfer saga finally comes to an end
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN have confirmed the signing of Kylian Mbappe from Monaco.
The French giants announced the teen star's arrival just hours before Thursday's transfer deadline window slammed shut.
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Mbappe, 18, initially arrived at the Parisians on a season-long loan deal and will join them on a permanent basis for £166million next summer.
Due to financial fair play rules, the move has been a complicated one following PSG's £198m signing of Neymar from Barcelona.
But they have now reached an agreement to bring him in on loan before he officially becomes a permanent member of their squad in 12 months.
The deal makes Mbappe the second most expensive player of all-time behind his new Brazilian team-mate.
The future of the France international has been one of the longest running transfer sagas of the summer with a host of clubs linked with him.
Arsenal appeared favourites to bring him to the Premier League two months ago before domestic rivals Chelsea and Manchester City joined the chase.
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Things started hotting up when PSG and Champions League winners Real Madrid joined the hunt.
The La Liga giants thought they had secured a move for the ace, but it is the big-spending Parc des Princes outfit that have snapped him up to join Neymar and Edinson Cavani in their attack.
Mbappe burst onto the world scene last season with a magnificent breakthrough campaign at Monaco.
He bagged 26 goals in 44 matches for the Principality.
Monaco started him in their first match of their Ligue 1 title defence on August 4 but he has not featured since.
He is currently with the France national side and was named on the bench for their World Cup qualifier against Holland on Thursday night.
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