Striker Kylian Mbappe will only receive $16.4 million in fixed salary per season at Real Madrid, a 93% decrease compared to $215 million at PSG.

According to BBC , Mbappe has completed all contract procedures to join Real Madrid from summer 2024, for a period of five years. He will receive 16.4 million USD per year in salary after taxes, equivalent to other stars like Jude Bellingham or Vinicius Junior. This number is surprising, because when renewing the contract with PSG in the summer of 2022, Mbappe will receive up to 215 million USD per year, not including 87 million USD in “loyalty fees”.

Striker Kylian Mbappe applauded PSG fans after the 1-1 draw with Dortmund at Westfalen Stadium in the final round of Group F Champions League on December 13, 2023. Photo: AFP

Mbappe’s main income at Real will not be a hard salary. Due to joining the team on a free transfer, Mbappe received a fee of 164 million USD, paid in installments over 5 years. Free players often receive higher compensation, because the new team does not pay a transfer fee to the old club.

In addition, Mbappe will also receive a bonus based on his personal achievements at Real Madrid, and receive a percentage of his image copyrights. These bonuses are also of great value.

But if you combine bribes, bonuses and image copyrights, the income Mbappe receives at Real will still be much lower than what president Florentino Perez offered him in the summer of 2022, according to transfer news expert Fabrizio. Romano . At that time, Real was ready to treat Mbappe with a contract even larger than PSG offered, which was several hundred million dollars. However, the PSG captain decided to stay, surprising Perez.

Mbappe personally called Perez to inform him of this decision, and he said he regretted deciding to stay. But he also wants Perez to understand, and continue to wait because he will definitely join Real in the future. At that time, Mbappe renewed his contract with PSG for another two years, with the option to sign for another year at his own discretion.

By the summer of 2023, Mbappe announced that he would leave PSG in the summer of 2024, not accepting the extension terms. When at risk of having to sit out the entire past season, Mbappe came to an agreement to give up $87 million in loyalty fees to PSG. The French club then still paid him this amount, but cut his salary and bonus to that amount, causing the French star to threaten to sue .

Because Mbappe had flipped the deal with Real two years ago, this time Perez asked the French captain to accept the contract offered by the reigning Champions League champion, without negotiation. Mbappe therefore had to agree, to fulfill his dream of playing football for the Royal Club.

Real will announce Mbappe’s debut this week, so he has time to focus on Euro 2024. After Euro 2024, the 26-year-old striker will start a new chapter in his career at the most successful club in Europe.