Killian Lottin Mbappe has been officially presented to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium today Tuesday July 16, 2024, infront of a staggering 80,000 fans equalling Cristiano Ronaldo’s record set in 2009 during his unveiling at the Berrnabéu. The Cameroonian/ French football superstar has fulfilled his childhood dream of wearing the Real Madrid jersey.
Real Madrid had put Killian Mbappe on their wishlist for several years, missing out on his signature twice in 2017 and 2022.
Mbappe’s Time in la Ligue 1
Mbappe rose to fame in 2016 – 2017 at FC Monaco, snubbing Real Madrid and signing for Paris Saint Germain on loan before signing permanently for the club for a record €180m.
After his decision to join his hometown club Paris Saint Germain, Florentine Perez explained to El Espanõl why the club was reluctant to close-in the signing of the young french player. Perez revealed that “We thought about signing him but we have a fairly complete team. He’s very young and he has many years ahead of him so I think he made the right decision by joining his hometown club. It wasn’t easy for us to fit him on our team because even though he’s a great talent he’s still very young and might need to play more often like he’s doing with PSG,”
Mbappe went on to shine in Paris Saint Germain featuring as the club’s best player ever in their history. In 2022, Mbappe’s rupture with his club almost prompted him to sign for Madrid, only to once again snub Real in the last hour, triggering anger amongst Real Madrid fans, who thereof lost confidence in the striker. His last minute U-turn was flammed by a political interference from the country’s president Mr Emmanuel Macron who persuaded the former to stay in Paris and impact his country-men. Mbappe signed a two year contract with the Paris based club prolonging his dream until 2024 with an option for a further one year add-on, earning a whopping annual salary of €72m before tax.
His long awaited dream has been realised as Real Madrid have offered him the number 9 jersey. Karim Benzema was the last player to put on the number 9 jersey before moving to Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad in 2023
Killian Mbappe’s Achievements:
- World Cup Trophy ( 2018)
- UEFA Nations League ( 2021)
- Ligue 1: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
- French Cup: 2017(Monaco) 2018, 2020, 2021, 2024 ( PSG)
- Ligue BKT Cup: 2018, 2020
- French Super Cup: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
- Euro U19 ( 2016)
- Golden boy 2017
- World cup 2022 Highest goal scorer
- Ligue 1 Highest goalscorer : 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024