Kylian Mbappe:Monaco offer teenager 900% wage increase
The French champions will do everything possible to keep Mbappe (Picture: Getty)
Monaco are holding firm over Kylian Mbappe, telling Arsenal and Real Madrid that they will
need to pay far in excess of €130 million
(£113.7m) up front if they want to sign the
youngster this summer.
And now French publication Journal du Dimanche
report that the Ligue 1 champions’ stance on
Mbappe has not softened at all, with the club
incredibly rejecting a €130m offer plus bonuses.
The French club are desperate to hang on to
their most prized asset despite significant
interest from Real, Paris Saint-Germain
and Arsene Wenger’s Gunners.
Mbappe is the most wanted player in Europe after a stunning campaign (Picture: Getty)
That deal was tabled by Real and was
significantly higher than Arsenal’s bid, believed
to be around €100m (£87.4m), which has
prompted them to push ahead with a move
for Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette.
Monaco have no intention of allowing him
to join PSG, meanwhile, and would ask for
an even bigger transfer fee from their domestic
rivals.
It is claimed that Mbappe, who is out of
contract in 2019, will be handed a 900 per cent
pay increase to take his earnings from
€18k-per-week to €162k-per-week.That works
out at around €8.4m (£7.3m) per year and
gives him wage parity with the club’s current
highest earner, Colombian striker Radamel Falcao.
Monaco are holding firm over Kylian Mbappe, telling Arsenal and Real Madrid that they will
need to pay far in excess of €130 million
(£113.7m) up front if they want to sign the
youngster this summer.
And now French publication Journal du Dimanche
report that the Ligue 1 champions’ stance on
Mbappe has not softened at all, with the club
incredibly rejecting a €130m offer plus bonuses.
The French club are desperate to hang on to
their most prized asset despite significant
interest from Real, Paris Saint-Germain
and Arsene Wenger’s Gunners.
That deal was tabled by Real and was
significantly higher than Arsenal’s bid, believed
to be around €100m (£87.4m), which has
prompted them to push ahead with a move
for Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette.
Monaco have no intention of allowing him
to join PSG, meanwhile, and would ask for
an even bigger transfer fee from their domestic
rivals.
It is claimed that Mbappe, who is out of
contract in 2019, will be handed a 900 per cent
pay increase to take his earnings from
€18k-per-week to €162k-per-week.That works
out at around €8.4m (£7.3m) per year and
gives him wage parity with the club’s current
highest earner, Colombian striker Radamel Falcao.
With Europe’s biggest clubs now forced to
think twice over Monaco’s enormous asking
price, Mbappe could be tempted to increase
his wages nine-fold and extend his contract.
With Europe’s biggest clubs now forced to
think twice over Monaco’s enormous asking
price, Mbappe could be tempted to increase
his wages nine-fold and extend his contract.
It also represents his best chance of game time,
with the 18-year-old conscious of needing
regular first-team football in a World Cup year.
Zidane would love to bring compatriot Mbappe to the Bernabeu (Picture: Getty)
Double winners Real were hoping the lure of
working with compatriot Zinedine Zidane and hero
Cristiano Ronaldo could swing the deal in their
favour, but the presence of so many star players
could restrict Mbappe’s first-team minutes.
Nevertheless, JDD say he does want to leave
Monaco – even if he has to wait until next summer
– and the choice he has made with his heart is Real.
Arsene Wenger
Wenger, meanwhile, hoped the lure of joining
the club he supported as a child – and the
promise of having the Arsenal team built around
him – would turn his head.
However, the Gunners are unlikely to be able
to meet Monaco’s asking price, while their
salary offer is as much as Arsenal are currently
paying to key men Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.
It also represents his best chance of game time,
with the 18-year-old conscious of needing
regular first-team football in a World Cup year.
Double winners Real were hoping the lure of
working with compatriot Zinedine Zidane and hero
Cristiano Ronaldo could swing the deal in their
favour, but the presence of so many star players
could restrict Mbappe’s first-team minutes.
Nevertheless, JDD say he does want to leave
Monaco – even if he has to wait until next summer
– and the choice he has made with his heart is Real.
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Wenger, meanwhile, hoped the lure of joining
the club he supported as a child – and the
promise of having the Arsenal team built around
him – would turn his head.
However, the Gunners are unlikely to be able
to meet Monaco’s asking price, while their
salary offer is as much as Arsenal are currently
paying to key men Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.
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