This week, Kylian Mbappe informed PSG that he will be leaving the team at the end of the current campaign; Real Madrid and the 25-year-old Frenchman have been closely connected. The Gunners must participate in the negotiations to capture Mbappe this summer, according to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
The Premier League has also been connected to the 25-year-old forward, and according to Mikel Arteta, negotiations for the player’s signing must involve Arsenal.
“We always have to be in that conversation when there is a player of that caliber,” he stated during the pre-game news conference for the trip to Burnley on Saturday.
“But it looks in a different way, that’s what I would say…”
Ivan Toney of Brentford was one of the names linked to Arsenal as a potential striker during the January transfer window.
Although Bees manager Thomas Frank acknowledges that a summer sale of Toney is likely, the 28-year-old chose to remain at Brentford until the conclusion of the season.
PSG and Mbappe, whose contract expires this summer, still have to work out whether Mbappe will forgo his own income or depart for a compensation. Mbappe has promised PSG that he won’t ever sign a free transfer.
The 25-year-old attacker, who would have to forgo a raise to play for the Spanish team, is a long-term target for Real Madrid, who is willing to offer him the largest salary in team history, could this be possible?
In August 2021, PSG rejected a €220 million (£188 million) offer from Real Madrid for Mbappe. After that, the attacker decided to sign a new three-year contract with PSG, which runs out this summer.
In the upcoming transfer window, Mbappe’s value to PSG would be €150 million (£128 million) if he were to extend his contract by an additional year. Last summer, they accepted a €300 million (£256 million) offer from the Saudi club Al Hilal, which Mbappe declined.
“When you take into account Mbappe’s bonuses and wages, PSG must spend a staggering £180 million year on him. There’s a relief that this entire circus act will come to an end and that things will continue in a different way for them going forward.
All know that Real Madrid is interested in signing him. Since January, he has been free to speak with other teams because his contract expires this summer, so he has been in negotiations with them for a while.
compared to the kind of money Mbappe was earning at PSG;
“our information is, real madrid are prepared make him their highest paid player in history, but there is just no way even a club as big as real Madrid can afford to pay him much as in PSG
“Everyone at the club thinks he will play for Real Madrid, but we’ll have to wait and see, especially over the next weeks.
“The highest paid player at Real Madrid makes €24 million [£20 million] a year. Real may be able to offer him about €50 million (£43 million) before taxes, or €25 million (£21 million) after taxes.
“The club believe that the money he has earned, in part, is thanks to Real Madrid’s offer that was rejected by PSG.”
