LeBron James is the latest NBA player to weigh in on PSG sensation Kylian Mbappe’s projected transfer to Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal.
The widely reported $332 million offer to PSG, which does not include the projected $770 million Mbappe may make from the one-year contract offer, astonished the sports world.
Milwaukee Bucks franchise player Giannis Antetokounmpo received a reaction from Mbappe when he tweeted Monday; ‘Al Hilal you may take me. ‘I look like Kylian Mbappe,’ the Frenchman said in reaction to reports that he was uninterested in the offer.
Mbappe answered with many hilarious reactions, his sole public reaction to the life-changing proposal since it became public.
Now, James has joined the conservation effort, recommending that he pack his bags for Saudi Arabia.
LeBron James – seen with longtime friend and agent, Rich Paul – after attaining the scoring title
James hilariously flagged his interest in a similar offer to the one put forward to Kylian Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe has been subject to a world record offer from Saudi Pro League club, Al-Hilal
Kylian Mbappe responded to NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s joke after Al-Hilal’s offer
‘Me headed to Saudi when they call @RichPaul4 & @mavcarter for that 1 year deal!’ alongside a gif of Forrest Gump sprinting,’ James tweeted Monday night.
For context, James’ highest-earning year in the NBA will be 2023-24. According to Spotrac, his base pay will be $47.6 million, which is more than $700 million less than what Mbappe may earn if he leaves Paris.
J.R. Smith, a former James teammate who currently plays college golf at North Carolina A&T State, tweeted in 2022 that he would consider joining the cash-rich Saudi-backed LIV Golf.
Former James teammate, J.R. Smith said he’d consider joining the Saudi-backed LIV Golf in ’22
‘[$]200ms [sic] would be a hell of a conversation especially if I’m not “McIlroyRory level,’ he said in response to Mail Sport’s news editor, Alex Raskin.
Al-Hilal’s offer would be the most expensive transfer in football history, surpassing Neymar’s £198 million move from Barcelona to PSG.
According to reports, the Saudi Pro League club may include a release clause in a lucrative contract that would allow Mbappe to join Real Madrid next summer.
Mbappe has long desired a move to Real Madrid, with many feeling that a free transfer to the Spanish giants in 2024 would be a formality.