Real Madrid's astonishing €1 billion Mbappe offer

Stuart Telford

• Updated: 22 Dec 2022 10:39 GMT
• 3 min read

Real Madrid are ready to bring Kylian Mbappe to the Santiago Bernabeu for a total package that would surpass the €1 billion mark.

Real missed out on Mbappe last May. The Spanish and European champions were certain that the Frenchman was ready to become their next Galactico and had already made preparations for his unveiling before he U-turned to extend his stay in Paris.

"He'll already regret not coming," said Real president Florentino Perez after Paris Saint-Germain made Mbappe the highest-paid sportsman of all time.

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But Perez has quickly mellowed on the matter, and Mbappe has made himself difficult to ignore with 19 goals in 20 games for PSG before hitting a hat-trick in the World Cup final for France against ultimate winners Argentina.

Mbappe's contract is worth €630 million over four seasons, and Real are now willing to match that, as well as paying PSG a €150m transfer fees, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.

"Florentina reflects, he listens, the slight he suffered a few month ago still stings," they write. "The president was sure he could sign the Frenchman and instead France, the state itself, denied him, a combination of factors between Doha and Paris.

"[But] the World Cup has propelled him, with a complete deal that between the transfer fee, salary and sponsorship, reaches €1bn. Either way, Mbappe wins."

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Would Mbappe jump?

Mbappe may have stayed at PSG, but he has started to cut a frustrated figure pretty quickly since, despite all the goals.

He wants to play off a main striker, and was promised the signing of Robert Lewandowski or similar this summer, only for the Pole to join Barcelona from Bayern Munich.

Instead he has been leading the line with Lionel Messi and Neymar tucked in behind - playing where he wants to play - and he lashed out when on international duty with France in September.

"Different things are asked of me here than at my club," he complained. "I have a lot more freedom here. The coach knows he has a No.9 like Olivier [Giroud] who occupies the defence. and I can move around and drop into space. It's different at PSG. You don't have that. I get asked to play as a pivot."

Watch this space.