The 25-year-old France captain will join the La Liga champions next season in a long-rumoured move, having spent seven campaigns in the French capital.
During PSG's tour of Japan and South Korea in the summer of 2023, the club's management threatened to ban Mbappe from playing after he had told them he was planning on leaving the Parc des Princes in 2024.
"I was told that, I was made to understand that, I was spoken to violently," said Mbappe, ahead of Les Bleus' friendly with Luxembourg on June 5. The match took place after press time.
"At PSG, I wasn't unhappy - that would be biting the hand that feeds you, and spitting in the face of all the people who defended me - but things and people made me unhappy," he added.
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