MBAPPE. If the extension of Kylian Mbappé to PSG was welcomed with joy on the side of the capital, in Madrid, we still cringe.
Is there fire between Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema? The answer is no, at least in the face of the press. Indeed, after the extension of Mbappé’s contract at PSG, a story published by Benzema, highlighting Tupac and his friend who had betrayed him, caused a stir on social networks. Asked about this, the Parisian world champion explained that he would have a conversation with the Real striker at the next gathering of the France team. “We didn’t talk. I know everyone was talking about Karim and Kylian, Kylian and Karim… But in the selection, we only talked about the evening meal. I didn’t want to force this thing. We’ll see, we’ll discuss it. I’ll explain this choice to him. (…) I saw that almost all the players in the real Madrid had taken it out. You don’t have to have done Saint-Cyr to understand that it comes from above, right? “
This Tuesday, May 24, as the striker prepares for the Champions League final against Liverpool at the Stade de France, Karim Benzema spoke explaining that he did not blame his teammate in the selection. “I prefer not to speak. I’m not angry, I can just tell you that I’m focused on the Champions League final which is more important than listening to something else” first explained the French for the Spanish channel Movistar Plus + before being more talkative on Canal+. “It was a long year for him, he had to decide. It’s his choice, I wish him the best even if, as I said before, I would have liked him to play at Real Madrid “
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This was the big question that all PSG supporters ask themselves. Free to commit where he wants next June, the French Kylian Mbappé has finally decided to extend the adventure in the club of the capital. The French striker has signed a 3-year contract. A few months ago, the extension of Mbappé in Paris was almost impossible, the two parties having moved away drastically.
Kylian Mbappé is a French football player from Bondy. He put on his crampons from 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 been playing as a striker at Paris Saint-Germain.
Born on December 20, 1998 in the 19e arrondissement of Paris, Kylian Mbappé comes from a family of athletes. His father, Wilfrid Mbappé Lottin is a former footballer who became an under-15 coach in Bondy and his mother, Fayza Lamari is a former handball player. Kylian Mbappé is of Cameroonian origin by his father and Algerian by his mother. Jirès Kembo Ekoko is raised by Kylian’s parents. He also has a younger 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 returned to Ligue 1. In 2014, Kylian Mbappé was selected for the France under-17 team and in 2016, he obtained his STMG baccalaureate.
On March 16, 2017, Kylian Mbappé was selected by Didier Deschamps for his first match for the France team. On March 25, he comes into play against Luxembourg for his first selection. Kylian Mbappé scores his first goal in blue in a qualifying match for the world Cup 2018 against the Netherlands.
On March 27, 2018, Kylian Mbappé became the youngest away scorer in the France team at just 19 years old. In the 2018 World Cup final, against Croatia, Kylian Mbappé scored the fourth blue goal and the match ended 4-2. At the end of this World Cup, he received the trophy of the “best young player” of the competition by FIFA. Euro 2021 will have been less successful for the tricolor player. Kylian Mbappé was the 5th shooter for the France team during 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 the 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 starter with the Blues.
At the beginning of 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 athlete who has won the most and the 36e world’s highest paid athlete. Kylian Mbappé’s jersey flocking is the most popular for France team jerseys. His annual salary at PSG is also estimated at 17.5 million euros gross. With its extension in 2022, astronomical figures have been put forward, speaking of 300 million euros over three years and even a bonus of 300 million according to the Spanish media.
Kylian Mbappé is very discreet about his private life. Many rumors have appeared, lending him a relationship with several celebrities. Since the end of 2021, the player has appeared several times with Emma Smet without the two supporters mentioning a possible romance. They have since moved away.