After a $ 259 million offer from the Saudi team, Paris St Germain (PSG) permitted Kylian Mbappe to discuss personal conditions with the rich guy Al Hilal.
PSG was offered a world-record transfer fee of £259 million by Al Hilal in order to buy out the French striker’s one-year contract.The Ligue 1 winners also permitted the 24-year-old to engage with Al Hilal after they made a substantial written offer.
While the former Norwegian champion faced elimination after the group round, head coach Alen Stajcic hailed his pupils’ World Cup victory “one of the most significant milestones in Philippine sporting history.”
According to sources close to the French club, fresh talks on Mbappe’s move will take place, but it may take longer to complete because the Al Hilal club wants some exchange deals. player.
Following the announcement that Mbappe had been pulled from PSG’s pre-season tour of Japan and Korea, many teams indicated interest in signing the World Cup’s top scorer in 2022. Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Inter Milan, and Barcelona have all expressed interest in Mbappe for the upcoming season.
AL Hilal sent a text to PSG offering to buy Mbappe for £ 259 million. Photo: GETTY.
Mbappe’s future at PSG has been in jeopardy since June, when he indicated that he will not extend his current contract until 2025. This means Mbappe will be a free agent next summer and might sign with another team as early as January of the following year.
PSG believe Mbappe has committed to a free transfer to Real Madrid next summer, with insiders in Paris claiming he will receive a €160 million kickback (which should have gone to PSG) if the deal falls through. His present contract was ended, and he relocated to the Spanish capital in 2024.
PSG, on the other hand, does not want to loose the money they have spent in Mbappe when he becomes a free agent.The PSG president gave the young French attacker the option of extending his contract or leaving immediately.The club’s first penalty was not allowing Mbappe to participate in the tour, while also hinting at the potential of him languishing on the bench in the new season.
The French striker was excluded from the summer tour of the Ligue 1 champions. Photo: GETTY.
For the time being, Al Hilal’s desire may create leverage for Mbappe to depart, with a higher salary or larger signing price from Real, or whichever club wants him in January 2024.
It should be noted that Al Hilal has been one of the more active spenders in the Saudi Pro League this summer, as they seek to lure elite European talent.The club paid £47 million for Ruben Neves from Wolves and £33 million for Kalidou Koulibaly from Chelsea.
Al Hilal has also signed Serbian striker Sergej Milinkovic-Savic from Lazio for £34 million, and they are interested in Fulham forward Aleksandr Mitrovic.Notably, Al Hilal missed out on signing Argentina international Lionel Messi, who chose to join MLS side Inter Miami.