Mbappe breaks WORLD RECORD for biggest signing-on fee in history

Carlo Garganese

• 6 Feb 2024 05:00 CST
• 3 min read

Kylian Mbappe will break the world record for the largest signing-on fee in history, according to TalkSport.

Mbappe will receive a staggering signing-on fee of €150 million when he joins Real Madrid this summer.

This will be the largest bonus for joining a new club in football history.

This signing-on fee comes amidst reports that Mbappe will earn half of what he is currently earning for his PSG salary.

Mbappe earns €72m per season at PSG, but there are reports that he will be paid half of this in Spain.

Instead, it seems he will make up for those lost earnings with a huge signing-on fee.

According to multiple reports which emerged last week, the attacker will join Madrid on a free transfer when his contract at PSG expires at the end of the season.

Mbappe is said to have made the decision with his family to join Real Madrid and the transfer is expected to be officially confirmed this week before the Champions League last-16 gets under way.

🚨 Kylian Mbappé would be getting an estimated €150m signing-on fee from Real Madrid if he joins this summer.

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Last summer Mbappe came to an agreement with PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi to waive more than €100m in loyalty bonuses.

In exchange for that, PSG agreed for Mbappe to return to playing with the team for this final season.

Mbappe’s summer of discontent

Last summer, Mbappe told PSG that he didn’t intend to trigger the option in his current contract - which expires in 2024 - of extending by a further year.

Mbappe notified PSG in a written letter that he planned to see out the final year of his PSG contract and would not leave in 2023.

This infuriated PSG, and Mbappe was frozen out of the squad during the summer and at the start of the current season, and made to train with transfer listed players.

PSG made it clear that unless he left before the end of the summer window for a big fee or sign a new contract, he would remain frozen out of the squad.

Eventually an agreement was reached for the attacker to be reintegrated into the squad.

It now seems he will finally make his move to Madrid. And it will be very lucrative when he signs on.