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Real Madrid have reached an "agreement in principle" to pay Monaco up to €180m (£161m) for Kylian Mbappé, according to reports in the Spanish capital.
The transfer, should it be completed, would become a world record, eclipsing the £89m fee paid by Manchester United for Paul Pogba last summer.
Madrid have agreed to pay €160m plus another €20m in performance-related bonuses for the 18-year-old striker, Marca report, though Monaco say that as yet they have not agreed a sale.

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Mbappé would be expected to sign a six-year deal at the Santiago Bernabeu where he would earn nearly £200k per week after tax.

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Monaco had been holding out for €190m and had threatened to report Mbappé's suitors to Fifa for unauthorised contact with the player.
But Real Madrid sat down with the Ligue 1 champions last week and began negotiations over a price as Florentino Perez continues to buy up the best young talent in Europe.
Should the deal be completed, Monaco will have made an unprecedented £300m in transfer fees this summer.
Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal all had interest in the French teenager but it was clear from the beginning of the off-season that, were he to leave Monte Carlo, it would be for Madrid.

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Mbappé is known to have made certain demands about playing time, but the departure of Alvaro Morata should ease his mind.
Over £100m of the Mbappé fee has been raised in the last week by selling Danilo to Manchester City and Morata to Chelsea.