French football news posted on social media platform X (formerly Twitter): "Breaking, Kylian Mbappé (25) has chosen to join Real Madrid, according to Le Parisien."
The claim, which has been reproduced by several French outlets on social media, was given further credence by a post from Le Parisien themselves. As translated on X, the French media outlet wrote: "For PSG and various major players in French football, there is no longer room for doubt: Kylian Mbappé has decided to leave Ligue 1.