MBAPPE. The PSG striker is now free of any contract and can join any club. Real would hold the rope even if Paris still hope to keep it.
Will the world champion stay at PSG at the end of the season? If the trend is rather at the start, PSG and his coach Mauricio Pochettino still hope to keep the striker. If some rumors indicate that the Mbappé clan would not be against an extension, the Frenchman would be very close to Real Madrid. According to several sources, including the Spanish media ABC, a staggering contract already awaits the international with a net annual salary of € 21 million, as well as a juicy signing bonus of € 40 million … But at the time of the victory of Paris against Vannes, the French asked, “health, happiness, and lots of titles with PSG and the national team” for 2022. What to revive the rumors of an extension?
Kylian Mbappé is a French football player from Bondy. He put on his crampons at the age of 6 in his hometown. In 2015, he joined AS Monaco, where he made his Ligue 1 debut. Since 2017, Kylian Mbappé has played as a striker at Paris Saint-Germain.
Born December 20, 1998 in the 19e district of Paris, Kylian Mbappé comes from a family of sportsmen. Her father, Wilfrid Mbappé Lottin is a former footballer who became an under-15 coach at Bondy and her mother, Fayza Lamari is a former handball player. Kylian Mbappé is of Cameroonian origin through his father and Algerian through his mother. Jirès Kembo Ekoko is raised by Kylian’s parents. He also has a little brother, Ethan.
Kylian Mbappé made his football debut in 2004 at AS Bondy. In 2011, he trained at the INF Clairefontaine center. The young player then left Bondy where he was educated and continued his studies in Rambouillet. At the end of his training, he joined the AS Monaco training center, which made his return to Ligue 1. In 2014, Kylian Mbappé was selected for the French under-17 team and in 2016, he obtained his STMG baccalaureate.
On August 31, 2017, Kylian Mbappé left AS Monaco to join Paris Saint-Germain. He keeps the number 29, the birthday of his little brother Ethan. For the 2018/2019 season, the player changes number and becomes number 7, being a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.
On September 8, he played his first match with the PSG jersey and scored his very first goal with the Parisian club. In October 2017, Kylian Mbappé was elected Golden Boy, a trophy which rewards the best footballer under 21 playing in Europe. He was elected top French scorer of the year 2017 with 33 goals.
On March 31, 2018, Kylian Mbappé won his first title at Paris Saint-Germain against AS Monaco in the Coupe de la Ligue final. He is crowned champion of France with PSG. Within the Parisian club, the young player is nicknamed “Donatello” by his teammates.
On March 16, 2017, Kylian Mbappé was selected by Didier Deschamps for his first match with the French team. On March 25, he comes into play against Luxembourg for his first selection. Kylian Mbappé scores his first goal in blue in a 2018 World Cup playoff game against the Netherlands.
On March 27, 2018, Kylian Mbappé became at only 19 years old the youngest away scorer in the France team. In the 2018 World Cup final, against Croatia, Kylian Mbappé scores the fourth blue goal and the match ends 4-2. At the end of this World Cup, he receives the trophy of the “best young player” of the competition by FIFA. Euro 2021 will have been less successful for the French player. Kylian Mbappé was the 5th shooter for the France team in the penalty shootout against Switzerland in the round of 16 of the European Nations Championship. A difficult position to assume since all the other shooters having succeeded. The French striker chose to shoot on the right of Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer, author of a very big performance against the Blues and who released the decisive parade, confirming the elimination of the Blues. Kylian Mbappé remains today an indisputable holder among the Blues.
In early 2020, the CIES, the football observatory, published the ranking of the most expensive players in the world. Kylian Mbappé tops this ranking with a valuation of 265 million euros. In 2019, he is the sportsman who has won the most and the 36e highest paid athlete in the world. The flocking of Kylian Mbappé’s jersey is the most popular for France team jerseys. His annual salary at PSG is also estimated at 17.5 million euros gross.
37.6 km / h is the top speed at which Kylian Mbappé was flashed, during the France-Germany match for Euro 2021. The French striker again reached a surprising speed, he who had already been flashed at 38km / h with PSG or during its sprint which resulted in a penalty whistled for the Blues during the memorable France-Argentina of 2018. Obviously, the comparisons are going well. According to the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport which dissected the action, Kylian Mbappé would have sprinted at an average speed of 34 km / h with a peak of more than 37 km / h … But over a distance of only 30 m. Not enough to compare with the stars of athletics, even less with the world record holder Usain Bolt. In 2009, during the world record set by the Jamaican in Berlin (9.58), Usain Bolt had run at an average 37.58 km / h to complete the victorious 100 meters but above all reached a peak of 44 km / h. So much faster than Kylian Mbappé who can be satisfied with running fast, very quickly on a football field, crampons on his feet …
Kylian Mbappé is very discreet about his private life. Many rumors have arisen, giving him a relationship with several celebrities. In 2018, Miss France 2017 Alicia Aylies was spotted during a World Cup match in Russia. The young woman announced several times that it was false. Another rumor arose a few years ago during an evening organized to celebrate a victory for AS Monaco. The footballer was seen at the time with Camille Gottlieb, the daughter of Stéphanie of Monaco. Since the end of 2021, the player has appeared on several occasions with Laura Smet without the two supporters evoking a possible romance.