Kylian Mbappe Offered $776M to Play Soccer for Saudi Arabia

As comedian Chris Rock pointed out some years ago, there is a difference between being rich and being wealthy. His example was a professional basketball player is rich, while the owner of the team, who pays that player is wealthy. A contract offer to a French soccer player would make him wealthy.

According to Front Office Sports, 24-year-old Kylian Mbappe has been offered a contract that surpasses the lifetime earnings of Los Angeles Lakers savior, LeBron James. For ONE year!

Saudi Arabian soccer team Al-Hilal has offered a record-setting $332 million transfer fee to be paid to Mbappe’s current team. The actual contract for the player would be a salary of $776 million, for ONE year.

In comparison, James has brought home $531 million over the course of his two decade NBA career.

Saudi Arabia is trying to pay Kylian Mbappé $776 million to play for Al-Hilal for one season.
For comparison:
$531M: LeBron James’ all-time NBA earnings
$494M: Patrick Mahomes’ deal through 2031
$450M: The value of the Arizona Coyotes
$367M: The New York Mets’ entire payroll… pic.twitter.com/FA93DaSMWo
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) July 24, 2023

Even after hearing about that contract offer made James comment on Twitter, ready to head to Saudi Arabia. He posted a clip of Tom Hanks’ “Forrest Gump” character running extremely fast down a road.

Me headed to Saudi when they call @RichPaul4 & @mavcarter for that 1 year deal! ✌🏾🤷🏾‍♂️😁 pic.twitter.com/IX0VSMZYNb
— LeBron James (@KingJames) July 25, 2023

At only 24, Mbappe already makes more per year than James does, according to Forbes’ latest World’s 10 Highest-Paid Athletes 2023. He beat “King James” by a mere half a million as he made $120 million this past year in comparison to James taking home $119.5 million. He also has the highest playing salary in all of soccer and came in at number 3 on the list. He was the top earning Black athlete for that time period.

24-Year-Old Kylian Mbappe Offered $776M to Play Soccer for Saudi Arabia for One Year

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