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Kylian Mbappé had a hectic summer! At the end of the season with Paris Saint-Germain, the French international signed with Real Madrid while his contract ended with the Parisians. In the process, he flew off to play the Euro with the Blues only to ultimately fail in the semi-final against Spain, the future winner. Then, he immersed himself in a new ambitious project by taking over 80% of the shares of the Stade Malherbe de Caen (by purchasing the shares of the American investment fund Oaktree) to become the majority shareholder, before returning to Spain to embarking on his adventure with the White House.
“Kylian played a match in a youth tournament with the club”
Today, Pierre-Antoine Capton, the minority shareholder of the Normandy team, spoke in the columns of the Team on the background of the arrival of the captain of the Blues in Malherbe. A story started in 2020: “In 2020, during the Mediapro and Covid crisis, Caen is close to filing for bankruptcy. I bought the club by seeking out the American investment fund Oaktree. In July 2023, this fund wanted to resell its shares (90%) in the club“, he explained, before mentioning an important intermediary in the negotiations: “I knew Ziad Hammoud when he worked for beIN Media Group. When he joined Kylian Mbappé’s structure, I spoke to him about Caen. Kylian had played a match in a youth tournament with the club, he could have trained there (in 2013 before joining Monaco). I met him and his mother with Ziad, and it clicked. He wanted to contribute to the education of the children, focusing on supporting the player.“, he explained. He also affirmed that the Habs were closely monitoring the results: “He talks with Ziad, the new president. His Instagram post last weekend, to celebrate the first victory of the season (against Ajaccio, 1-0) did not go unnoticed. He knows football better than anyone, it would be a shame to deprive yourself of his knowledge of the sector. The Mbappé brand has also completely changed the perception of Caen. It’s a chance“.
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To summarize
We know more about the arrival of Kylian Mbappé at the head of Stade Malherbe de Caen! Pierre-Antoine Capton, who is currently the minority shareholder of the team, said more about the background of this takeover.
