During the 2015-2016 season, Kylian Mappé played his first matches as a professional footballer, when he was only 16 years old. With AS Monaco, he ultimately played two seasons, helped by Leonardo Jardim, who knew how to make him an extraordinary player. To the point of refusing many tempting offers, before heading to PSG in the summer of 2017.
A player’s career often depends on a few things. The slightest choice is important and given the career of Kylian Mbappé after his departure from Monacohe can thank Leonardo Jardimhis trainer on the Rock.
Jardim convinces Mbappé’s mother to stay in Monaco
During an interview given to BeIN Sports, Leonardo Jardimthe former coach of AS Monaco who launched Kylian Mbappé as a professional remembers the first offseason: “ I remember, at the end of his first season, he could leave AS Monaco, he had a lot of offers. His mother wanted to talk to me and I told her that if she wanted her son to become a very high level player, I must first make him a football player. He must stay in Monaco. »
“He succeeds in his second year, then he goes to PSG”
« Despite the offers, the money, he stays with us and he succeeds in his second year, continues Garden. Then he goes to PSG. » He would become the top scorer in the club’s history, before leaving this summer for Real Madrid.
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