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Julien Laurens, Correspondent
Kylian Mbappe held a party on Monday to mark his farewell Paris Saint Germainin which his mother and agent, Fayza Lamari, hinted that he would participate Real Madrid this summer.
About 250 guests attended the party at Gigi, an upscale Italian restaurant near Paris’s Champs Élysées. As she left the venue, Lamari was asked where her son would play next season, to which she replied, “You all already know.”
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Mbappe is Many people expected to join Madrid already there confirmed he will leave PSG when his contract expires this summer.
Sources told ESPN that he is expected to join Madrid after the Spanish giants meet Dortmund in the Champions League final on June 1.
Mbappe is still care to compete for France at the Paris Olympics, ESPN sources added, although Madrid remains steadfast in its belief that its players must choose to compete in Euro 2024 or the Olympics.
His father, Wilfried, and younger brother, Ethan, also attended Monday’s farewell party, as did most of his PSG teammates, club staff, friends and extended family.
PSG coach Luis Enrique did not attend. He leave Mbappe for the final two matches of the season, and there is a question mark over whether he will play in Saturday’s French Cup final against Lyon.
French President Emmanuel Macron and PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi were invited but did not attend.
ESPN’s Rodrigo Faez contributed to this report.
