July 26th 2023.
Comedian Chris Rock once pointed out the difference between being rich and being wealthy. While a professional basketball player may be rich, the team's owner is wealthy - a concept that was brought to life with the recent contract offered to the French soccer player, Kylian Mbappé.
Front Office Sports reported that Al-Hilal offered Mbappé a $776 million salary for one year, surpassing the lifetime earnings of Los Angeles Lakers' star, LeBron James. In contrast, James has earned a total of $531 million in his two-decade career.
In response to the offer, James took to Twitter, posting a clip of Tom Hanks’ ‘Forrest Gump’ character running down a road. He captioned the post with a joke about heading to Saudi Arabia when they called him for the one-year deal.
Not only has Mbappé been offered a record-setting transfer fee, but he also makes more money than James, according to Forbes’ World’s 10 Highest-Paid Athletes of 2023. At No. 3 on the list, Mbappé was the top-earning Black athlete with a salary of $120 million, compared to James’ $119.5 million.
Clearly, the 24-year-old French soccer player is the definition of wealthy - and he's only getting started.
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