It has been clear since Monday: Kylian Mbappé (25) will be a “Galactico” and will go to Real Madrid. This puts him in line with players like Ronaldo, Beckham and Zidane – and there’s a lot of money to boot. Exactly how much is still being negotiated.
Part of the monster contract at Real should now be that Mbappé retains 80% of his image rights – anything but usual for the Royals. This involves many millions of euros. The Spanish “as” reports.
Since the days of the Galacticos in the early 2000s, it has been common practice at Real Madrid for player and club to split image rights 50/50. This rule was first broken for Cristiano Ronaldo (39) when he moved to the Spanish capital in 2009 – otherwise the Portuguese would not have been able to afford it.
The same reason is now also crucial for Mbappé. Real doesn’t want to completely blow up its salary structure, which is why the France captain should “only” earn a basic salary of around 15 million euros per year. This makes Mbappé still Real’s highest-paid player.
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On top of that, there is of course more money, such as a big transfer bonus of 120 to 150 million euros (according to the Spanish radio station “COPE”), which Real Madrid will pay out to the Frenchman over the five-year contract period.
Now Mbappé is expected to collect even more by retaining the lion’s share of his image rights. Huge sums of money are involved: According to Forbes, the player earns over 20 million euros a year from advertising – an amount that is only likely to increase if he moves to Real Madrid.
Erling Haaland (23) apparently has a similar deal with Manchester City. The Norwegian is said to own 100% of his image rights.
A few weeks ago, Mbappé made it clear how important self-marketing was to him. The Frenchman applied to protect trademarks such as his surname and the typical goal celebration, in which the striker crosses his arms in front of his chest.
Being a modern Galactico comes with a number of advantages…
2024-02-23 09:08:18
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