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00:00Now to Spain and there was more football joy there after the win in the Euro 2024.
00:06That's as the French star Kylian Mbappé is set to officially join the Spanish team Real Madrid.
00:13Sarah Morris is in Madrid as well as standing by for all of the excitement. Sarah Mbappé,
00:18the best football striker today in the world. A lot of fans have turned out to greet him
00:22in Madrid today. What's the feeling like there now?
00:25Huge excitement for the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, of course, where Real Madrid play.
00:34That is packed out. 85,000 tickets were sold. They were free but they went in the matter of
00:43minutes and basically the deal has now been made official. We have seen the club's president
00:50Florentino Pérez signing that contract with Mbappé and Kylian Mbappé addressing the fans
00:59there. Earlier today he went to the training ground where he received a medical. He has,
01:05of course, sustained a broken nose during the Euros. That's been examined by the Real Madrid
01:12doctors. Then there at the stadium there was so much excitement, fireworks, music,
01:20a real galactic welcome for this big French star. Real Madrid really saying that this
01:27is bigger than even Cristiano Ronaldo's welcome back 15 years ago. That's partly because the
01:33stadium has been extended and it's now big enough to host concerts. For instance, recently,
01:41the Taylor Swift concert. It really is a huge stadium at one of the wealthiest clubs
01:49to welcome the world's best striker. Real Madrid now saying that with him,
01:55the sky is the limit. This is going to be an unbeatable team.
02:01Lots and lots of happy Spanish fans there in the stadium. But Sarah, actually not all Spanish fans
02:06are happy about Kylian Mbappé's arrival. Why?
02:11They're not. Some fans, and we've even heard chants on the streets of Madrid in the past,
02:18because they consider him a traitor. Because two years ago, it looked almost certain that he would
02:24come from Paris Saint-Germain, the French club, he would come to Real Madrid. At the last minute,
02:29he changed his mind. That provoked anger even from the Spanish Liga that put out a statement
02:36saying that it was scandalous. And people say there he stayed at one of the most lucrative,
02:43getting one of the most lucrative deals at Paris Saint-Germain. And that really,
02:48he was not a man of his word. But I think the Real Madrid fans will base their judgment on
02:56how many goals he scored. And really, Real Madrid has given him a deal which recognises
03:03the kind of player they think he is, the kind of talent. €15 million a season. They are allowing
03:11him to keep the bulk of his image rights and a sign on fee. They say that reflects the man who's
03:18become the top goal scorer at Paris Saint-Germain, and of course, took France to a World Cup in 2018.
03:27He certainly did. All right, Sarah. Well, thank you so much for that, that Sarah Moore is there
03:30about the arrival of Kylian Mbappe, the best striker in the world now going to Real Madrid in