Al Hilal have made a record €300million bid for Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappé on Monday.
The Ligue 1 champions confirmed the offer for its player and has given Al-Hilal permission to open negotiations directly with Mbappé.
The 2018 World Cup winner is in a contract standoff with PSG after his decision not to take up the option of a 12-month extension on his deal.
Instead, he plans to walk away as a free agent at the end of the upcoming season when he is widely expected to join Real Madrid.
PSG cut Mbappé from their preseason tour of Japan on Saturday, with the French club determined to find an offer for him unless he can be convinced to sign a new contract.
Al Hilal’s bid would make Mbappé the most expensive player in history, overtaking the $262m PSG paid for Neymar when the team signed the Brazilian from Barcelona in 2017.
The bid represents Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious move yet as part of a determined recruitment drive to lure the game’s biggest players to the country.
Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kanté and Roberto Firmino are among the big names to head to Saudi Arabia’s lucrative league after Ronaldo agreed to a deal with Al Nassr in December.
