Kylian Mbappé is topping the list of the 10 most expensive players at the 2022 World Cup with a value of 160 million euros. For more than half a century, for the first time since 1966, fans have seen a star score a hat-trick in a world cup final…

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In the final match of the World Cup 2022, Mbappé (23 years 363 days) is the youngest player to reach 12 goals in World Cups. The French striker also became the first player to score 4 goals in the World Cup finals, the top scorer scored 8 goals in the 2022 World Cup…

This feat made him the player with the most goals in World Cup history before the age of 24, surpassing Pele. This is also the sixth top scorer title in Mbappé’s career. He has won the Ligue 1 Golden Shoe four times in the last four seasons, and the top scorer of the UEFA Nations League final 2021.

16 hours after the 2022 World Cup final, Mbappé posted the message on Twitter and Instagram: “We will be back”, attracting more than 10 million likes in just about three hours. Many famous accounts commented on Mbappé’s post, in which FIFA wrote: “Eagerly looking forward to him playing again”. King of football, Pele wrote: “Thank you”, with a clasped hand and a heart. The account of the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) club responded: “Thank you, Kylian. We are very proud of you”.

Kylian Mbappé is so acutely aware of his value on the pitch as well as the commercial side, that French President Emmanuel Macron personally had to call him to convince him to stay with PSG. According to Dailymail, earlier this year Mbappé threatened to leave PSG and go to Real Madrid. This negotiating tactic has forced PSG to offer a surprisingly high salary package to convince the striker to stay.

After extending his contract with PSG until 2025, Mbappé’s one-year basic salary reached 110 million USD, even nearly double Messi ($65 million) and triple Ronaldo ($40 million). Kylian Mbappé also received a bonus of $115 million from PSG for extending his contract.

PSG had to offer a surprisingly high salary package to convince Mbappé to extend his contract until 2025.

Currently, Mbappé is one of the most financially successful athletes in the sport of football. Besides the incredible contract with PSG, Mbappé also received many lucrative sponsorship contracts with world famous brands, but he always kept his principles. Like Ronaldo, he openly condemns evils such as gambling, alcohol and fast food, and does not sign any sponsorship agreements with companies engaged in sectors he considers harmful.

According to Edudwar.com, Kylian Mbappé has an estimated net worth of nearly $150 million. Total annual income is $43 million, according to Forbes. According to Forbes, for the 2022-2023 season alone, the player’s pre-tax income is $128 million. It is estimated that the collection of Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW and Range Rover of the French “prodigy” has a total value of more than 800,000 USD.

With the current success, few people know that Kylian had a difficult childhood. Mbappé has never forgotten her difficult past, actively doing charity activities, attending many fundraisers, visiting “marginal” communities to play football with poor children. “I make enough money – a lot of money. So I think it’s important to help those in need. A lot of people are suffering and for people like us, helping people is not a big deal,” he said.

Mbappé is one of the most financially successful athletes in the sport of football.

In 2018, after winning the World Cup with France, Mbappé received a salary and bonus of about $500,000. All of this money was donated by the player to a children’s charity. Sharing about this decision, Mbappé said: “I don’t need to be paid. I play to protect the colors of the country’s flag.”

At the end of 2018, in an interview with Radio Télévision Suisse, Mbappé also expressed clear views about money: “I was transferred with money that I never imagined as a child. That’s really rude to me, who comes from a fairly modest family. But that’s the transfer market and that’s how the world of football works. I will not make a revolution in football. I’m in a system, I have to respect it and stay in my place.”

At the end of 2021, Mbappé once again shared his thoughts with French sports news site RMC Sport. At this time, the player has not renewed his contract with PSG and is strongly interested in Real Madrid: “I have a “silent” relationship with money. I know it’s important, I’m happy to have it, but it’s not what motivates me every second of the day.”

Those are the admirable thoughts of the young man who has just turned 24 today, December 20, 2002.