Three days after his first goal in the Champions League with Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé gave a nice nod to Stade Malherbe de Caen. Friday evening, after the Normans’ victory against Ajaccio, their first this season in Ligue 2, the captain of the French team shared a story on Instagram to congratulate the club. We can see a photo of the joy of the Caen locker room accompanied by several flame emojis. This support is not insignificant since the former PSG star became, this summer, the majority shareholder of the team managed by Nicolas Seube.
Very discreet for several weeks about this new role, Kylian Mbappé had to wait for the approval of the DNCG – the financial policeman of French football – to officially become the owner of the club. It was through his subsidiary Coalition Capital that the Madrilenian recovered 80% of the club’s shares, then held by the American investment fund Oaktree.
Very involved in this new adventure, the striker has raised hope among the supporters, even if the start of the season is far from ideal for Malherbe. After 5 days of L2, Yann M’Vila’s partners have only 4 points and are in 15th place, far from the level they were able to display last season (6th at the end of the season).
