Mbappe and the top five done transfer deals for summer 2024

It’s an open secret that Kylian Mbappe will leave Paris Saint-Germain for Real Madrid on a free transfer this summer, but he isn’t the only player who’s future is already settled…

Indeed, Mbappe’s is the only transfer on this list who’s move hasn’t been made official, but there is little question he will become Real’s latest Galactico on conclusion of his PSG contract at the end of June.

Kylian Mbappe, PSG to Real Madrid on a free transfer
The worst kept secret in football, Mbappe will finally join Real Madrid this summer, having spurned them for PSG when a Monaco youngster before his sensational U-turn in 2022, when Florentino Perez and Co. had his unveiling planned before the forward signed a new deal at the Parc des Princes at the 11th hour.

That contract – which at the time made him the highest-paid player in world football – is expiring this summer, and Mbappe has made it clear to PSG that he has no intention of extending it.

He was frozen out of pre-season and latterly has been getting benched or subbed off early by Luis Enrique. That hasn’t stopped him plundering 38 goals from 37 games in all competitions, though, with eight assists for good measure.

Real won’t pay a transfer fee for a player valued at €111.5 million by FootballTransfers’ in-house algorithm, but they are set to pay Mbappe €225m over the next five years. It could be a family affair too, with younger brother Ethan signed while their mother Fayza Lamari’s player agency is backed.

Endrick, Palmeiras to Real Madrid for €60m
Mbappe will have some fine attacking talent for company at the Santiago Bernabeu – Vinicius Junior is one of the best in the world in his very position while Jude Bellingham has become the club’s star player playing in a more advanced No.10 role.

But Real have kept an eye on the generation after Mbappe et al, and have signed Brazilian prodigy Endrick to that end. A youngster who idolised Ronaldo Nazario, he had a similar record at youth level with 165 goals in 169 games with Palmeiras’ age group teams.

He has since helped the first team to back-to-back Brazilian Serie A titles and earned his first two caps with the Selecao – not bad for a player who is still just 17. A recent goal-drought brought the youngster to tears, but Real have kept faith, reportedly agreeing to pay Palmeiras a total of €60m for his services.

Lucas Bergvall, Djurgardens to Tottenham for €10m
Speaking of wonderkids, 18-year-old Lucas Bergvall is on the move, but not to Real’s great rivals Barcelona, try as they did to secure his signature. No, instead the Swedish midfielder will be moving to Tottenham Hotspur from Djugardens on 1 July.

A leggy central midfielder who is just as happy going from box to box as he is trying to unpick opposition defenced from a more advanced position, Bergvall had even travelled to Barcelona to undergo a medical before changing his mind.