While Kylian Mbappé is one of the best players in the world, many parents hope that one of their children will have the same trajectory. Moreover, some do everything possible to make this wish come true, and sometimes, they go too far, going so far as to put a lot of pressure on everyone. Asked about the Mbappé project, Real Madrid number 9 sent a clear message.
From theAS Monaco au Real Madridpassing through the PSG and the team of FranceKylian Mbappé has been splashing the football world with his class for many years. While the 26-year-old star received a little more than €72 million gross per year at Parisaccording to RMC Sportsome parents wanted to launch an Mbappé project with their child(ren). But as Kylian Mbappé said – during an interview with Clique (Canal +) at the beginning of December – they must immediately forget this idea. “The Mbappé project? Stop that, cut that, cut everything, Kylian Mbappé is telling you. My parents never put pressure on me. My father never made me do laps of the field at 6 a.m. with a stopwatch, no that's not true. They let me have fun at the base”railed number 9 of Real Madridbefore opening up about his case.
“It wasn’t my father who imposed it on me”
“When it started to get serious, it’s true that I had a discussion very early on with my parents. 'What do you want to do? Do you want to be a footballer? What type of footballer do you want to be?' I told them: 'I want to be great. I want to be one of the best in the world. I don't want anyone in front of me. But I chose it. It wasn't my father who imposed it on me, but my father is a football fanatic. He was very happy when I made this decision, but football has to come from them. Let them have fun already. And there’s a time when it will get serious, don’t worry,” confided Kylian Mbappébefore adding a layer.
“Leave him alone, little one.”
“If it’s going to get serious, it’s going to get serious. It's not because you make him do eighteen laps of the field at eight years old that it's going to be more serious sooner, no. He will have this trigger to say to himself: 'Okay, do I want to make this my career? Do I want to spend my life playing football?' For now, maybe the little one only wants to play for one year. At school, all his friends play football so he signs up, they tell him: 'Go to the right side, roll up your sleeves, cut off your socks, but wear Vapors and it'll overflow'. Hey, leave him alone, kid. They shouldn't dream of being me. Because being me is very good, but it means giving yourself a limit. And the goal of a dream is to have no limits. Me, I didn't dream of being someone. I dreamed of being big (…) You shouldn’t put limits on yourself”the conclusion Kylian Mbappé.
