An expensive diamond: Kylian Mbappé’s new contract makes him the highest paid footballer on the planet

The American newspaper The New York Times has unveiled the figures for the renewal of the Frenchman from PSG: 83 million gross dollars. More than his partner, Lionel Messi who costs the same club 75 million for his salary, according to Forbes. Neymar is third and CR7 is fourth.

In May, when Kylian Mbappe He decided reconnect with Paris Saint-Germain and put Real Madrid on hold , gave a new blow to his career. “It wasn’t about salary because wherever I go they will give me money,” he said when he extended his bail until 2025.

However, the American daily New York Times revealed the figures for the new commitment of the 23-year-old striker. According to the media the qatar royal family club he promised to pay $250 million over three seasons.

That is to say a gross salary which will cost the Parisian team nearly $83 million per season . His, apart from the 125 million he received just for signing the extension, as the same newspaper explains in the note that delivers the figures.

The two amounts put it at the top of two lists. First, as the highest paid player on the planet. And then the striker received the largest payment made to an out-of-contract player in the history of the sport, according to the same Times.

Two other Parisians

Second in this particular ranking is Leo Messi , first place teammate. According to French outlet L’Equipe, the Argentine will earn around $41m net this season. In other words, he will cost the Parisian team around $75 million, according to Forbes.

Lio signed for three seasons in the City of Light, with the commitment that in the first he would earn 30 million net, while in the second and third his salary would increase to 40 million for the other two seasons.

Unlike the contract of another Parisian footballer, the Brazilian Neymar, who gross around $70 million a year, according to figures published by Forbes, but will decrease as June 2025 approaches. The garoto is the third in the world in a millionaire club, which monopolizes the podium thanks to the investment fund of the Middle East.

england hunting

Cristiano Ronaldo did everything to leave Manchester United in this market window. However, The contract that binds the Portuguese to the Old Trafford box places him as the highest paid player in the entire Premier League with a net salary of more than 31 million dollars.

Simply put, with the UK tax burden, the former Juventus and Real Madrid player is costing the Red Devils around $60 million, every 365 days, according to Forbes.

Behind CR7 appears the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, who in the last renewal with Manchester City made an annual salary close to 44 million US dollars, 24 of which goes cleanly in his pockets.

A little below is his companion Erling Haland . The Norwegian arrived on this market at City, which promised to pay more than 22 million net dollars until 2027. In short, around 40 million gross, the same as goalkeeper David de Gea at Manchester United.

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Source: Latercera

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