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Giannis Antetokounmpo Amuses Kylian Mbappe With Al-Hilal Joke After PSG Accept €300m Offer For France Forward

NBA ace Giannis Antetokounmpo cracked a joke on Twitter after learning that Al-Hilal had made a huge offer to sign Kylian Mbappe. It made the PSG forward laugh.

Robert Summerscales

Giannis Antetokounmpo Amuses Kylian Mbappe With Al-Hilal Joke After PSG Accept €300m Offer For France Forward
Giannis Antetokounmpo Amuses Kylian Mbappe With Al-Hilal Joke After PSG Accept €300m Offer For France Forward /

Basketballer Giannis Antetokounmpo cracked a joke on Twitter after learning that Al-Hilal had made a huge offer to sign Kylian Mbappe.

Mbappe, 24, was given permission to speak to Al-Hilal on Monday after Paris Saint-Germain accepted a €300 million bid from the Saudi Pro League club.

According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Mbappe has not yet spoken to Al-Hilal but it is said that he will be offered a basic salary of €200m, which could rise as high as €700m with various commercial deals.

Mbappe is expected to reject Al-Hilal's offer as he would rather see out the final year of his contract in Paris before joining Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer.

But after seeing the amount of money Mbappe could potentially make in the Middle East, Antetokounmpo made a humorous come-and-get-me plea.

The NBA star tweeted: "Al Hilal you can take me. I look like Kylian Mbappe".

Antetokounmpo included two laughing emojis and one eyes emoticon in his tweet, which also featured a photo of the Milwaukee Bucks power forward wearing a cheeky grin.

Mbappe swiftly responded to Antetokounmpo's joke with 13 laughing emojis.

A screenshot of a Twitter exchange between Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kylian Mbappe in July 2023
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kylian Mbappe were in a jokey mood on Monday :: Twitter/@KMbappe/@Giannis_An34

Antetokounmpo and Mbappe met each other in 2020 when the Bucks visited Paris to take on the Charlotte Hornets as part of the NBA Global Games series.

The Bucks won the match 116-103 before Mbappe met up with Antetokounmpo in the locker room.

Antetokounmpo gave Mbappe a signed jersey and received a signed pair of soccer boots in return.

Kylian Mbappe pictured (right) posing for a photo with Giannis Antetokounmpo in January 2020
Kylian Mbappe pictured (right) posing for a photo with Giannis Antetokounmpo in January 2020 :: Twitter/@NBA
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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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