Kylian Mbappe has been closely associated with Real Madrid throughout his career, but especially over the past year.
In the end, he decided to stay with PSG and the striker began to open up about this decision
You never know what’s going to happen,” Mbappe said when discussing his future with the New York Times, before realizing the ongoing lure of Real Madrid.
“You’ve never been there [Real Madrid] before, but it feels like your home, or something.”
Macron’s importance in Mbappe’s decision
The player has already admitted that French President Emmanuel Macron played a big role in his decision to stay in France.
At the time, it was explained that a phone call from Macron was the key to persuading Mbappe and that the player had discussed this further.
“I never imagined I would talk to the president about my future, about my future in my career, so it’s a crazy thing, really a crazy thing,” he said of the call he received from the politician.
“I want you to stay, I don’t want you to leave now because you are so important to the country,” he told me.
