Produced by: Hitansh Gaur
Saudi Pro League football club Al-Hilal has made a $332 million bid for the Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe. If it goes through, this will be the new most-expensive transfer surpassing Neymar’s move of 2017.
Along with the world-record fee, the Saudi club is also offering a wage of around $776 million per year to Mbappe, as per reports. This will make him one of the highest earning sports personalities in the world.
According to CBS, Al-Hilal has also offered Mbappe a choice of signing the $776 million deal for just one year and then moving on to Real Madrid in 2024 on a free transfer.
According to the French publication, L’Equipe, the Qatari owners are ready to accept the offer made by their Saudi counterparts. PSG is already in the market to sell their player before his contract runs out next year.
Earlier this year, Al-Hilal tried to bring Lionel Messi to their club by offering him a $665 million per year contract. But the World Cup winner snubbed them in the end to join David Beckham-owned Inter Miami in the US.
Paris Saint Germain, Kylian Mbappe’s current club, holds the record for the most expensive transfer. PSG paid $246 million to FC Barcelona in 2017 for the transfer of Brazilian winger Neymar Jr.
Mbappe pushed his current club in a corner after refusing to extend his contract, which is set to expire next year. To stop Mbappe from leaving on a free transfer, PSG has been looking for a buyer in the current transfer window.
Meanwhile, reports in Spain claimed that Mbappe has already agreed to personal terms with Real Madrid and has a contract waiting for him to sign.
Despite their failure to get Messi for their club, Al-Hilal still managed to get three deals through this summer. The Saudi club bought Ruben Neves from Wolves for $60 million. They also bought defender Koulibaly from Chelsea for $27.3 million and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic from Lazio for $44.5 million.