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Mbappé the playmaker in PSG and Real saga
The world’s most talented footballer has been given an ultimatum by the club he joined as a teenager: make up your mind to finish out your contract or leave now
In 2021, Kylian Mbappé published a graphic novel entitled Je m’appelle Kylian. There’s a scene in it where the young football star is sitting with his father at a negotiating table. The pair are in a giddy mood as they dream about wealth and glory at Paris Saint-Germain. Then Mbappé’s mother butts in on their reverie, reminding her son that Real Madrid want to sign him. She puts it to him straight: “You’re a genius ...