What is Kylian Mbappe’s release clause & transfer value? PSG & France star's price tag

Paris Saint-Germain attacker Kylian Mbappe has emerged as the heir apparent to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as football’s next great superstar.

He exploded at Monaco in 2016-17, helping them to win Ligue 1 and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, smashing all kinds of records in the process - and he has not stopped doing so since. 

In the summer of 2018, his stratospheric rise was capped as he became the first teenager since Pele in 1958 to score in a World Cup final,netting twice as France defeated Croatia 4-2 in Moscow.

When Kylian Mbappe signed for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2017, the deal was initially a loan. When it became permanent a year later, he was officially the second most expensive player in the history of football, with his fee totalling €180m

Meanwhile, the CIES Observatory, who ranked the transfer value of all the footballers in the top leagues by an algorithm that accounts for a variety of factors, including age, production, current league and contract, also placed Mbappe as the most valuable player in the game. Their estimate is that he is worth €218.5 million.

Those inside the game, however, believe that if he were to move, it would be for a substantially larger fee.

Vasilyev, who was part of the deal that saw Mbappe leave Monaco for PSG, told ESPN in August 2018: “I think his value is now €250-300m.”