Florentino Pérez has finally achieved his goals after multiple failures in his quest to sign Kylian Mbappé. The two-term president of Real Madrid was able to convince many football stars to sign for the club in the 15 Champions Leagues. According to the Spanish press, Mbappé should end a tradition of more than 20 years of Real Madrid. Explanations.
Kylian Mbappé (25 years old) was the big dream of Florentino Perez and this… from December 2012. During a test at the training center of the Real Madrid with the youth teams, the one who has become world champion since 2018 has amazed everyone.
“In the Madrid youth team there are very good players, but he looked different. He had this power and was technically very good. You could tell he had something extra. He didn’t stay for non-sporting reasons.” Here is the testimony of Luca Zidaneson of the Madrid icon, last October for DAZN.
Kylian Mbappé the last galactic of Florentino Pérez
In his capacity as president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez therefore kept Kylian Mbappé to the eye for almost twelve years, without success. Besides the clan's decision Mbappé not to install the young Kylian in the Spanish capital at the age of 14 for training that his family wanted him to do in France, the boss of Real Madrid has encountered various obstacles over time. In 2017, after its emergence atAS MonacoKylian Mbappé and his father Wilfrid have favored continuity in France by signing PSG rather than Real Madrid. In 2021, despite the desire to leave the striker from the France team, it is the Paris Saint–Germain who opposed his transfer to the White House. Then a year later, and when he was about to become a free agent, the top scorer in the history of PSG surprised everyone by signing a contract extension in the Parisian capital, to the great dismay of Florentino Perez.
However, last offseason, the president of Real Madrid was finally able to present Kylian Mbappé as the flagship recruit of the transfer window on July 16 in a Santiago Bernabeu packed to the brim. Mark announced this Thursday that the main interested party will be the last “Galactico”, therefore galactic signature, of Real Madrid sous Florentino Perez.
Luis Figo was the very first in a long list of 'Galacticos' at Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé closes a long chapter over several decades set up by Florentino Perez from the year 2000. The Spanish businessman became president of Real Madrid during the first year of the new millennium and had promised during his electoral campaign that he would succeed in wresting Luis Figo of FC Barcelona. Something promised, something due: the icon of Portuguese football swapped the Blaugrana tunic for the merengue that summer. Which earned him a more than mixed reception at the Camp Nou subsequently where he was seen as a traitor and an outcast.
Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham followed
At the beginning of the 2000s, and while the FC Barcelona was just starting to trust his training center with the outbreaks of Xavi Hernandezd'Andres Iniesta and of Lionel Messi among others, the Real Madrid piled up the planetary stars by completing the arrival of Zinedine Zidane in 2001, then Ronaldo in 2002 and finally, David Beckham in 2003. Signatures which clearly passed the Real Madrid in a completely different sporting and especially marketing dimension with the transfer of Spice Boy David Beckham.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka… Summer 2009: the return of Florentino Pérez with the new Galacticos
On February 28, 2006, due to the mixed results of the Real Madrid, Florentino Perez resigned and thus withdrew from the Madrid presidency… only to return three years later with big ideas to counter the new domination of FC Barcelona sous Pep Guardiola. Result, in the summer of 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Xabi Alonso or even Karim Benzema dropped off their suitcases at Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo and his €94M had therefore become the most expensive player in history and Kaka had won the Ballon d’or with the’AC Milan two years earlier.
Gareth Bale, Eden Hazard and Jude Bellingham, the latest star recruitments!
In 2013, Gareth Bale left Tottenham and broke the record of Cristiano Ronaldo by signing at Real Madrid for €101 million. Six years later, Eden Hazard left Chelsea for the White House in €100M. Rising star of English and European football, Jude Bellingham had already made a name for himself Borussia Dortmund and on the world stage during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with The Three Lions. In 2023, the England international transferred to Real Madrid for €103 million.
Kylian Mbappé arrived as a free agent at Real Madrid as was announced by the Merengue club on June 3. And as the advance Markthere will be no other galactic under Florentino Perez.
