Although the world cup has been concluded, the effects would leave a mark in our time. News reaching us has it that 19yr old French World Cup star, Kylian Mbappe, has announced he will donate his entire Worldcup earnings.
Approximately £17,000 per game plus a £265,000 winners bonus - to the charity Premiers de Cordée, which provides free sports instruction for children with disabilities.
Paris Saint-Germain striker, Kylian Mbappe has said that his team-mate, Neymar is “human like everyone else” after the Brazilian was reduced to tears over the weekend by the controversy that has followed him since his arrival from Barcelona.
Mbappe believes that Neymar was just as susceptible to criticism as anyone else.
“It just simply proves that he’s human like everyone else. He’s like us, he has two arms, two legs, a heart, so he can be affected by the criticism he is subjected to,” Mbappe told French television channel TF1 on Sunday.
“From the outside he gives off a certain image, he doesn’t appear to be affected… But when you’re on the inside, he opens himself up to you, he shows he’s a normal person.
“He’s incredibly strong on the pitch that you think he’s just as strong off it, but away from it he remains a normal guy,” Mbappe said.
A tearful Neymar had pleaded with the media to stop the “false stories” about his alleged frosty relations with PSG coach, Unai Emery and fellow striker, Edinson Cavani following Brazil’s 3-1 international friendly win over Japan in Lille.
Paris Saint-Germain’s new forward, Kylian Mbappe, has revealed that he was inspired to become a professional footballer, after a short stint at Chelsea as an 11-year-old.
Mbappe recalls playing alongside Tammy Abraham and Jeremie Boga, currently both on loan at Swansea and Birmingham respectively, for the Blues’ U-12 team.
“It was a wonderful experience,” he told The Telegraph.
“Chelsea was the first great club, the first big club, that I went to visit. So it was a real discovery for me.
“I was coming from my grassroots, amateur club. It was a whole new world. Of course I had an idea what a great football club was like but I was really impressed by the working culture and the mentality of wanting to be better day-in, day-out.
“And visiting this infrastructure helped me, actually, with my development. I saw things differently because up until then I had just a French mentality and after that I could pick what was positive in other mentalities and build my own.”
Mbappe recalls winning the game against Charlton, before getting to meet Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda, who were still at Stamford Bridge at the time.
He added: “An idea has been reinforced since I was a kid – not just because I went to Chelsea. I always thought: ‘I want to be there, I want to be one of those big players who is trying to give people fun out of the game’. And I have given everything to reach that objective. Now I am on the other side of the camera, on the other side of the TV. That’s the only difference.”
Paris St-Germain have confirmed that Kylian Mbappe will join them from Monaco on a season-long loan. The loan agreement includes an option for PSG to sign the 18-year-old on a permanent deal until June 2022.
Mbappe’s fee is expected to top €150million and the teenage striker will sign a bumper deal, that will land him a 1900% pay rise.
The France international who currently earns £16,000 at the Principality, was offered a £120,000-a-week deal by Real Madrid. But will earn £320,000-a-week at PSG.
He becomes PSG’s second big-money arrival this summer, after they splashed £200million to get Neymar from Barcelona earlier in August.
After a chastening season that saw Arsenal finish outside the Champions League places, old dog Arsene Wenger appears to have learnt some new tricks as he’s to shed his frugal nature and break the bank for Monaco teenage sensation Kylian Mbappe.
Wenger has reportedly tabled a world record £122 million bid for Mbappe, 18, in addition to promising him the club’s No9 shirt as a deal sweetener.
According to a report by the Sun, Arsenal boss Wenger was at his charming best in his pursuit of the hotshot striker, telling him that the coveted shirt is his.
Wenger, in the company of club CEO Ivan Gazidis, was spotted just 13 miles from Monaco in Nice on Monday as he looks to put an early wrap on the deal knowing they face competition from seemingly every European giant.
Shortly after signing his controversial new two-year deal, Wenger, 67, promised to spend big in order to make Arsenal Premier League title contenders once more.
He quickly secured the services of Nigerian hotshot Henry Onyekuru from KAS Eupen, and has now turned to Mbappe as the man to turn around the club’s fortunes.
It’s left to be seen if the player touted to be the new Thierry Henry will take a similar path to the France great and become a Gunner.
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