Is Kylian Mbappé really the highest paid athlete in history? The star striker, extended to Paris in May, would have a “new contract” of a record amount of 630 million euros gross over three years, reports Monday, October 24 The Parisian. Information against which his club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) “is false”denouncing an article “sensationalist”.
Five months after the world champion’s extension with great fanfare, the daily reports the staggering amounts promised to the Bondy striker if he stays in the capital until 2025: 630 million euros gross, or 282 million euros. net euro. “The negotiations between PSG and the Mbappé clan led to an unprecedented contract. The contract of the century, the biggest ever signed in the history of sport »writes the newspaper.
The agreement, sealed in May between the striker and the Parisian club, relates to a two-year contract, until June 2024, with an option for a third year left to the discretion of the player (23 years old), writes The Parisianciting “sources close to the file and concordant”.
72 million euros gross per year
In detail, the superstar’s salary is announced at 72 million euros gross for each year of the contract, or 6 million euros gross per month (2.7 million net after taxes). Added to this is a signing bonus of 180 million euros gross, guaranteed and payable in three instalments, continues The Parisian.
Finally, the daily evokes a premium “loyalty” increasing amount: 70 million euros gross, then 80 million and, in the event of exercise of the option for a third year of contract, 90 million, while press reports have reported possible desires from elsewhere in the player, who himself assured in mid-October of having “never asked [son] departure in January ».
Contacted by Agence France-Presse, Kylian Mbappé’s entourage was not immediately available to react to these figures. But PSG reacted strongly on the eve of an important match against Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League, at the end of which the Parisian club hopes to validate its qualification for the knockout stages.
Lionel Messi’s previous record
“Following the sensationalist article published (…) about the club and one of its players, Paris Saint-Germain take issue with the alleged account and details”can we read in a press release from PSG. “The timing of publication questions a few hours before an important Champions League match. Paris Saint-Germain will not stoop to comment further. Everyone at the club is positively focused on the next Champions League game”continues the club.
If the sums referred to by The Parisian proved, this amount would be higher than the already record contract signed at the time by Lionel Messi with FC Barcelona (2017-2021), which amounted to 555 million euros gross over four years according to the Spanish daily El Mundo.
And that’s not all: to this marvelous contract are added the income linked to Mbappé’s advertising contracts (Nike, Hublot, EA Sport, Dior, Oakley, etc.), underlines The Parisian. According to the American magazine Forbesthese sponsorship revenues amount to 18 million dollars (18.44 million euros) by totaling its various partnerships.