Kylian Mbappé will have hardly evolved only more than one season at AS Monaco, at least within the first team. However, this year under the orders of Leonardo Jardim, marked by his 26 goals and 11 assists in 44 games, a title of champion of France and a semi-final of the Champions League will have marked the spirits.
The dimension taken by Le Bondynois at only 18 years old, however, did not surprise the CDU club leaders of the Principality, in the forefront of which Louis Ducruet, son of Princess Stéphanie and nephew of Prince Albert. Strong support of ASM since his earliest childhood, the one who is now president of Barbagiuans, the charitable team founded by his uncle, officiated for five seasons without the offices of the club, first of all as a recruiter analyst then as an advisor with the vice-presidency.
“It already put football out”
He was therefore at the forefront at the time of the phenomenon's hatching in the fall of 2016. “I saw him start with the pros, not even 17 years old (December 2, 2015 against Caen). We already knew him when he was at the Academy and everyone agreed to see in him a phenomenon. In the categories of young people, he was above others. He had something very special, it was obvious. This little thing more likely to take it very high ”, he said in the columns of Parisian.
“Kylian loves the game, he is passionate about his job. Everything goes faster at home. When you could exchange, it already put football out, he continued. He had the right mentality. The head well screwed on the shoulders. He knew where he had to go and how. His success at the very high level quickly appeared to everyone as obvious. »»
