Football's most lucrative contracts ever as Mbappe signs mega deal with PSG

Kylian Mbappe shocked the world with a major U-turn that has seen him extend his contract with Paris Saint-Germain.

It looked to be the biggest open secret on the planet that Mbappe was heading to Real Madrid on a free transfer at the end of the 2021/22 season, with agreements said to be in place, according to most major news outlets.

PSG never hid their desire to keep their incredibly talented Frenchman beyond the expiry of his contract, and when reports emerged that they had tabled an astronomical offer to keep Mbappe, doubt was suddenly cast over his move to Madrid.

Some say that he has been promised ownership-level authorities over the club’s sporting project, while others speculate that he has accepted hundreds of millions of euros to sign the three-year extension. We don’t know for sure, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if Mbappe’s new mega deal falls somewhere between the two absurd goal posts.

Sky Sports report that Mbappe will pocket close to £1 million per week on his new deal, receiving a signing-on bonus of around £100m. Pretty insane. And that’s without considering performance-based bonuses and image rights.

It remains to be seen what this means for Mbappe in the long-term. At just 23 and with the talent he possesses, the world remains his oyster. However, in the short-term, that future now most certainly lies in the French capital, unfortunately for Los Blancos fans.

The saga has come to an end, but it hasn’t stopped us at GIVEMESPORT from wondering about what Mbappe must have been offered to sign an extension, and how his mega deal stacks up against football’s most obscene wages.

With Mbappe’s new deal the talk of the town, what better time than now to take a look at some of the most lucrative deals that