Kylian Mbappé has written a letter 'To the young Kylians' on the platform ' The Players Tribune ', which serves as a tool for athletes to tell some of the stories of their lives.

In the text, the PSG striker summarizes the beginnings of his career and his life in Bondy, his birthplace, a town near Paris. " My friends and I didn't expect to be soccer players . We didn't have a plan - we dreamed. Some kids had superhero posters in their room. We had soccer players. I had a lot of Zidane and Cristiano."

The attacker tells in detail the first time he met Zidane , when he was part of the Madrid organization chart and was interested in Mbappé, who at that time was 14 years old. "My father received a call from Madrid. It was a shock. Apparently, Zidane wanted to see me. I was above the moon. I was desperate to go." On his birthday, young Kylian's parents gave him a surprise trip to Valdebebas , organized by Zizou, to see the facilities of the white club. "It was a surprise, because many scouts came to my parties and my family wanted to protect me . We didn't tell anyone where we were going, I was very nervous," he explains.

Upon arriving in Valdebebas, he found the one who is now the white coach: " He offered us to take a ride in his car through the facilities . And I was so nervous that I asked him: 'Do I have to take off my shoes to get into the car?' I don't know why I said that, but it was Zizou's car! He laughed and said no, we started to ride around and I just thought 'I'm in Zidane's car'. I'm Kylian, from Bondy. This is not real , I must be dreaming. "

Later in the text, Mbappé summarizes his feelings when he debuted at the World Cup in Russia : "I entered the field and listened to La Marseillaise. I could have cried. It was indescribable. Many of those who raised the World Cup that summer grew up in the suburbs . neighborhoods where you hear many languages ​​walking down the street. "

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