According to Ben Jacobs, a Saudi club is preparing a mind-blowing offer: €350 million for Real Madrid, and an astronomical €1 billion over five years for Vinicius — that’s €200 million per year. A figure never seen before in football history. The Saudi project is promising him a king-like status.

The French satirical newspaper Le Canard enchaîné claimed that Mbappé had been offered the chance to be one of the torchbearers in the extravagant opening ceremony for last summer’s Paris Olympics. The captain of France national team supposedly declined this honor because he would not have been the final torchbearer.