REAL AGREE WORLD-RECORD DEAL TO SIGN MONACO’S MBAPPE

MADRID: Real Madrid have reached agreement to sign Kylian Mbappe (pic) from

€ Monaco for a world record 180mil (RM902mil), Spanish media reported.

Sports daily Marca, citing sources close to the negotiations, said the teenage striker is expected to join Real “in the next few days” on a six-year deal.

French newspapers Le Parisien and Nice Matin said Monaco had denied the report. But Marca insisted that Real are set to pay

€ RM751mil)-€ between 150mil ( 160mil

€ (RM802mil) with add-ons of between 20mil

€

(RM100mil) and 30mil (RM150mil), dwarfing the current world transfer record of

€

105mil (RM526mil) Manchester United paid to lure Paul Pogba from Juventus last year.

Real are looking to fill the void left by Alvaro Morata who joined English Premier League champions Chelsea last Friday.

If he does arrive at Zinedine Zidane’s European champions, the 18-year-old will be

€ on a net annual salary of 7mil (RM35mil), Marca said.

Mbappe, under contract at Monaco until 2019, has been wooed by some of Europe’s top clubs, including Monaco’s arch Ligue rivals Paris St Germain.

Last week, Monaco issued a warning to the likes of Real and PSG to lay off their starlet.

“Top European football clubs made contact with Kylian Mbappe and his entourage without our authorisation,” Monaco said on their website.

The club said they wanted to remind these clubs that such actions are contrary to French and international regulations.

Mbappe scored six goals in 10 Champions League outings and 15 in Ligue 1 as he exploded onto the scene in the second half of last season.

On Monday, Monaco lost fullback Benjamin Mendy to Manchester City in a world record

€

58mil (RM291mil) deal for a defender. — AFP