James Montague -- April 24, 2026
On the same day exit rumors intensified, Mbappé ran a training session and the club unveiled a multi-year sponsorship deal built around his name.
Real Madrid announced an extended multi-year commercial partnership with a global sportswear brand built around forward Kylian Mbappé on the same day Mbappé led a first-team training session, with his agent publicly dismissing reports of meetings between his representatives and rival clubs as false.
Mbappé's agent described the reports of meetings in Paris with Premier League and Serie A clubs as 'false,' attributing them to agents 'manufacturing interest for their own purposes.' The statement offered a specific account of the mechanism by which the story was said to have been generated rather than a general denial.
Mbappé has three years remaining on his contract with Real Madrid. The club's decision to construct and announce an extended commercial agreement in his name while the departure reports were circulating was described by club officials as unrelated to the speculation.
During the training session, Mbappé led warm-up drills and set-piece practice in front of the full squad, with two senior coaching staff members absent. Club sources described his involvement as 'entirely routine.'
Real Madrid has not commented further on the substance of the reported Paris meetings. Mbappé has not addressed the speculation publicly.