A delegation from Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal are meeting with French superstar Kylian Mbappe, as they still await a response from the 24-year-old over their lucrative offer to the forward.
That’s according to Fabrizio Romano, who claims that the Saudi side wants to propose their offer to Mbappe in person in the hopes they can convince the French forward to make the move to the Middle East for a year before being allowed to move to Real Madrid.
The forward, according to Romano, has been offered an initial €200 million (£171 million) for his wages with an astonishing €700 million (£600 million) in image rights for his signature.
The Frenchman has been linked with a move away from PSG for a while now, but the rumours really resurfaced after it emerged that Mbappe was not willing to trigger the extension in his contract according to the Associated Press.
Mbappe has always had the final decision on his own future, this was reportedly one of the conditions he demanded before signing a new contract with the French club, according to The Athletic.
Real Madrid still lurking
PSG’s determination to sell the forward this summer is due to Mbappe having just one year remaining on his contract. The French giants would be silly to risk losing the forward for nothing when they could still get a three-figure sum for the Frenchman now.
Romano claims that PSG are convinced that Mbappe has an agreement with Madrid, the move to Al-Hilal would allow the 24-year-old to complete his dream move to the Santiago Bernabeu but he would have to wait until a year from now to fulfill that dream.
The decision for Mbappe seems a simple one. If PSG were to retain the Frenchman this summer, however, the question would then become would the French club banish him to the reserves? Although it seems highly unlikely, it would be one heck of a statement for this supposed new era at the Parisian club if they decided to remove him.
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