Giannis Antetokounmpo jokes after Saudi Arabia makes massive Kylian Mbappe offer: ‘You can take me’

If soccer star Kylian Mbappe doesn’t wish to take the leap to play in Saudi Arabia, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo joked that he’ll take his place.

Al-Hilal, a Saudi Arabian soccer workforce, made a file $332 million bid for Mbappe on Monday, following the latest transfer by Lionel Messi to Inter Miami of Main League Soccer in the US. Cristiano Ronaldo turned the primary celebrity to hitch the league with Al-Nassr for a contract price greater than $220 million for only one season.

Mbappe’s present workforce, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), confirmed the provide whereas giving All-Hilal the chance to talk with him instantly.

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Whereas Mbappe is unquestionably on the best way out of PSG, he hasn’t made his choice on the place he’d prefer to proceed his soccer profession, which led the “Greek Freak” to place his title on the market in a hilarious tweet.

“Al Hilal you’ll be able to take me. I seem like Kylian Mbappe,” Antetokounmpo posted with an image of himself smiling.

Mbappe appreciated the joke, quote tweeting Antetokounmpo’s post with a bunch of laughing emojis.

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Antetokounmpo doesn’t have to fret a lot about his contract with the Bucks, as he’s in the midst of his five-year, $228 million contract. Nonetheless, incomes $332 million for only one season is one thing no athlete would neglect on the desk.

Mbappe selected to not take up his 12-month extension possibility with PSG, and he intends to develop into a free agent on the finish of PSG’s upcoming season.

Actual Madrid is at the moment the front-runner to land him, and so they beforehand despatched a bid to PSG at $190 million in 2021. It was rejected on the time.

Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain, left, celebrates after scoring in the course of the French Ligue 1 match in opposition to AC Ajaccio at Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on Could 13, 2023. (Mustafa Yalcin / Anadolu Company through Getty Photographs)

Mbappe rose to stardom with PSG after signing with them in 2017 from Monaco in a switch that was price $190 million. Since then, he’s develop into one of many main stars of the game worldwide, profitable a World Cup in 2018 and nearly bringing France again in opposition to Messi’s Argentina workforce final 12 months earlier than dropping in a penalty shootout.

However a brand new deal is extremely unlikely now for the 24-year-old Mbappe and PSG, because the scenario stays tense within the constructing.

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In Saudi Arabia, it isn’t simply Ronaldo that joined the league. France is closely concerned as Karim Benzema, the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner for the very best soccer participant on this planet and Mbappe’s France nationwide workforce compatriot, agreed to hitch Al-Ittihad final month. N’Golo Kante additionally joined him.

Others, together with Roberto Firmino, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marcel Brozovic, are heading to the league as effectively.

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks is proven earlier than a sport in opposition to the Indiana Pacers at Fiserv Discussion board on March 16, 2023, in Milwaukee. (John Fisher / Getty Photographs)

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Saudi Arabia has been pouring cash internationally in sports activities, with its historic partnership with the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf creating waves globally. Many say the Saudi authorities is “sportswashing,” or leveraging sports activities to scrub up its picture when it comes to the dominion’s executions, civil rights insurance policies and extra.