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Journalist
After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.
At 25, in addition to being a Real Madrid player, Kylian Mbappé is also now the majority shareholder of Stade Malherbe in Caen. Recently, the Frenchman spent around €20 million to buy 80% of the Normandy club’s shares. But why such an investment on the part of Mbappé? President of Caen, Ziad Hammoud justified this investment.
And Kylian Mbappé decided to leave the PSG and France this summer, he still maintains a special link with French football. Indeed, this summer, after signing with the Real Madrid, Mbappé became the majority shareholder of Malherbe Stadium from Caen. An investment of €20M for 80% of the shares of the Norman club for Mbappé.
“Impossible to invest in anything other than French football”
Appointed president of Caen following the buyout of Kylian Mbappé, Ziad Hammoud justified this investment by the player Real Madrid. Pour West Francehe then admitted: “ There was a desire to invest strategically in football. It was impossible to invest in anything other than French football. We have a shareholder who is very united in the fact that French football and the League have put him where he is currently. It is his duty, if he can, to give back a little of this experience and this investment ».
“A little romantic side with the missed meeting ten years ago between Kylian Mbappé and the club”
« We very quickly focused on the French League. We looked at different opportunities and very naturally we turned to this club which is fantastic, which has a strong history, a local passion – and well beyond – really solid. There is a little romantic side with the missed meeting ten years ago between Kylian Mbappé and the club. There are also conversations with Pierre-Antoine (Capton), whom I knew from before. It was very easy to find the possibility of setting up this deal. This club has absolutely enormous potential. (…) Deep inside him, there is this crush with this club where he should have started and where he ultimately did not go “, he then clarified.
