A world record $332 million bid for Kylian Mbappé – here’s all you need to know

Al-Hilal have submitted a formal bid of €300 million ($332 million) for Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe according to transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano, with a similar report published by The Athletic in quick succession.

If accepted, and Mbappe then agrees terms with the Saudi Pro League giants, the potential deal would obliterate the world’s transfer record for a football player.

PSG last set the record themselves when triggering Neymar’s €222 million ($246 million) release clause at FC Barcelona in 2017.

Mbappe arrived at the Ligue 1 champions in the same summer, but this had to be done via a loan to navigate Financial Fair Play limits because of the enormous fee that had been handed over to the Catalans for Neymar.

A year later, Mbappe joined the Qatari-owned Parisians permanently from Monaco as part of a €145 million ($160 million) plus €35 million ($39 million) in add-ons arrangement that made him the world’s most expensive teenager.

Fast forward to the present, and Mbappe looks set to flee the Parc des Princes for not heeding an ultimatum to renew his contract.

Mbappe signed an extension in spring 2022, but he has thus far failed to exercise an additional, optional 12 months that would tie him down until June 2025.