Man Utd willing to pay a huge £150m to secure the signing of sensational Real Madrid forward

Man Utd willing to pay a huge £150m to secure the signing of sensational Real Madrid forward

Real Madrid may be forced to offload Vinicius Junior to sign Kylian Mbappe this summer, with Manchester United poised to make a sensational move.

Mbappe rumoured to sign with Real
Exorbitant wages could see Vinicius sold
Man Utd poised in shock £130m ($165m) move

The Brazilian’s scintillating first-half hat-trick against Barcelona in the Supercopa final took his tally to an impressive 136 goal involvements in 241 appearances for Real.

The position of left wing has been his own for many seasons, but he could soon face competition from arguably the world’s greatest player in Kylian Mbappe.

The Frenchman has long been linked with a move to Madrid and could sign on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer – although he would arrive on an eye-watering £600,000 ($760,000)-a-week wage.

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That transfer, then, wouldn’t quite amount to being “free”, as the Frenchman’s salary would amount to an annual cost of £30 million ($38m) and £150m ($190m) for the entirety of his Madrid contract.

As a result, Sport reports that Los Blancos may consider the unthinkable and sell Vinicius, should an adequate offer arrive.

That could come from United, who from the summer will be backed by British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s INEOS group after his investment gets ratified by the Premier League. They are thought to be willing to fork out £130m ($165m) for the Brazilian