Kylian Mbappé spoke. Sunday December 8, the Real Madrid striker spoke on the show Clique by Mouloud Achour on Canal Plus. The Frenchman notably returned to the relationship with his brother Ethan, who was confronted with the media at a very young age. Which was complicated to live with for Kylian Mbappé.
“My parents, it’s difficult, but they are adults. But my little brother was known at 7 years old. I started to cable, when he was in Paris he was 10 years old, he signed autographs, says Mbappé. I said to myself: “what autograph?” He doesn't have a signature, he gives you a scribble, you see, the guy said ah thank you. He said, “Ethan do you have a signature?” With his little voice: “ah no”. He had a super high voice when he was little, now he's bigger than me, he's a good guy. »
“What’s the point of being the greatest, if you kill your own brother’s career?” »
According to the Blues striker, his career has enormously negatively affected that of his brother Ethan. “It’s the thing that affected me the most, blurted out the ex-PSG star. I don't think I deserved it, but it's my career with the good and the bad. He hadn't asked for anything. His own Real Madrid, his childhood dream, was PSG. Indirectly, in quotes, it was me who took that away from him. Well, it's not me. But I felt like that. I apologized to him all the time. He told me: what they did to you, I don't want to stay. I told him, if it bothers you I'll extend it again and we'll stay here. He told me never in life. »
Kylian Mbappé even said that he could have given up his dream of signing for Real Madrid for his little brother. “If he had said to me, “Kylian it’s weighing on me”. I would have abandoned my dream of Madrid and stayed for him, breathes number 9 of Real. Ethan, it can't be touched. What's the point of being the greatest if you kill your own brother's career? »
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The two brothers almost faced each other in the Champions League this season, but both were injured. “We had to play in Lille. I was injured, I went there because he was there, and he got injured on the eve of the match! “, launches Mbappé.