If, during the 2015-2016 season, Kylian Mbappé was only a young hope in French football, the following season, he literally exploded in the eyes of France and the whole of Europe. With AS Monaco, he broke precocity records in the Champions League and Ligue 1 to the point that during the summer of 2017, many prestigious clubs snapped up the Bondynois. While Leonardo Jardim, his then coach, pushed for him to join Real Madrid, he finally chose PSG.
Kylian Mbappé has become, since this summer, a player of the Real Madrid. His dream has finally come true, he who always wanted to wear the Merengues jersey. However, this dream could have come true well before 2024…
“I knew Cristiano Ronaldo was ready to go”
The former coach of AS Monaco, Leonardo Jardimremembers, in an interview given to BeIN Sports, of the departure of Kylian Mbappé for the PSG in 2017: « I’m surprised he didn’t go to Real Madrid before. I remember telling him that Real Madrid would be a good club for him because I knew Cristiano Ronaldo was ready to leave.. »
“I thought he would go to Real Madrid in 2017”
« I told him to go, take his place, continues Leonardo Jardim. But he chose Paris when I thought he would go to Real Madrid that summer. » It was finally seven years later that the Bondynois landed at Madrid to wear the immaculate jersey.
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