Almost four months have passed since one of the most difficult decisions in Kylian Mbappe's career: at the end of May, the star of the national team said yes to the renewal with Paris Saint-Germain, rejecting the proposal of Real Madrid.
A choice that the public opinion has considered as opportunistic and greedy. "Everywhere I go they will give me money," the Frenchman replied to the New York Times.
The Real Madrid dream was canceled only for the moment, according to him: "You never know what will happen. I've never been there, but it felt like it was already my home."
A dream, that of the camiseta blanca, was put aside thanks to the intervention of the President of the Republic Macron: "He asked me to stay, he told me that I am important for the country"
According to the New York Times, the French president was aware that Kylian would choose Real Madrid sooner or later. So Macron intervened with a phone call with the intention of delaying his election: “He told me: 'I want you to stay. I don't want you to go now. You are very important for the country. You have time, you can wait a little longer'. When the president says it, it matters," revealed Mbappé. In the conversation between them, the Bleu player and the president of the Republic talked about everything: money, lawyers, family. "I never imagined that I would be talking to the president about my future, the future of my career, so it's crazy, really crazy," says the player.
From there came the unexpected turn regarding the proposal of Real Madrid and, as a result, the dissatisfaction of his admirers, convinced that it was a choice dictated exclusively by the financial influences and the favors in the team that society would have guaranteed the player: " It's not my job and I don't want to do it because I'm not capable. I'm good on and off the pitch, it's not my role. There are many people who are better than me."
After revealing the background to one of the hottest deals of the year, it's time for Mbappé to turn his sights on the most coveted trophy: the Ballon d'Or, which looks increasingly within his reach, given the decline of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.
"I have no boundaries. So, of course, as you say, a new generation is coming and Ronaldo, Messi, they will stop. We need to find someone else, someone new to provide excitement."