The endless soap opera has come to an end. After more than seven years of rumors and desires, French football star Kylian Mbappé officially signed up on Monday June 3 until June 2029 with Real Madrid, the club that has made him dream since childhood. In a press release awaited all day by the press around the world, Real Madrid formalized the arrival “for the next five seasons” of its new “Galactic”, a priority of the Spanish giant which has been trying for several years to wrest from Paris and to France its 25-year-old superstar.
The recent Champions League winners “reinforce their team with a world star, who had his best season with Paris Saint-Germain (44 goals) and was the top scorer in the last six French championships”, writes the club merengue on its website. Kylian Mbappé was free to sign wherever he wanted since the announcement of his departure from PSG where his contract ends on June 30.
Salary, bonuses and image rights
The terms of his contract have not been disclosed. According to the Spanish press, the captain of the France team should receive one of the highest salaries in the history of the club, around 35 million euros gross per season. This places him just above the Brazilian player Vinicius Junior and the Englishman Jude Bellingham, the two current stars of the locker room, but far from his Parisian emoluments, estimated at 70 million euros annually, excluding bonuses. In addition, Kylian Mbappé should receive bonuses estimated around twenty million euros per year, reports The Parisian. However, the star will receive a much lower salary than what he earned at Paris Saint-Germain (72 to 75 million gross/year estimated).
His free transfer should also be accompanied by a signing bonus of more than 100 million euros, according to AFP, around 60 million according to The Parisian. The star striker will also benefit from an unprecedented distribution of his image rights at 80%/20% in his favor, compared to 50% in a classic scheme. A sign that Madrid president Florentino Perez was keen at all costs to make the Bondynois the new face of his globalized Real, which has become a world reference at all levels.
Until now, the French star earned around 200 million euros per year, between his salary from PSG, his bonuses and income from his advertising contracts (Dior, Oakley, Hublot, Nike). In terms of image, no other player active in Europe has the same aura off the field as the Frenchman (114 million subscribers on Instagram), who also owns a production company. According to his mother Fayza Lamari, 30% of the income generated by her company of 15 employees located in the Madeleine district of Paris is donated to her association IBKM (Inspired By Kylian Mbappé). This association, launched in 2020, helps 98 young people aged 13 to 21 to achieve their professional dream.
Before the arrival of Kylian Mbappé, but also the 17-year-old Brazilian prodigy Endrick, Real Madrid was already one of the clubs with the most highly valued squad in the world. According to the Transfermarkt website, the 24 players in the professional group for the 2023-2024 season were valued at 1.04 billion euros, the third best total on the continent behind Manchester City (1.36 billion) and Arsenal (1.16 billion). ). The club has two of the most expensive players: Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior, valued at €180 million and €150 million respectively.