2024-07-17 03:01:00
A packed stadium, trophies everywhere, changes of team, former club figures… Real Madrid pulled out all the stops on Tuesday for the presentation of Frenchman Kylian Mbappéthe new superstar of the European champion.
“I have slept for many years with The dream of playing for Real Madrid and today my dream has come true. I am a happy boy today, very happy,” the new number 9 began his speech. merengue, who surprised with his Spanish – he made his entire career in France – and, above all, for an accent similar to the Argentine one.
“I wasn’t the best at school, but I was the best at Spanish because I had the dream of playing for Real Madrid and I knew that knowing Spanish would make it easier for me to adapt,” he explained later at a press conference.the 25-year-old striker on his ease with Spanish.
Mbappé’s presentation was in front of 80 thousand spectators, thus surpassing the record held by Cristiano Ronaldo, when he attracted 70 thousand fans for his arrival at Real Madrid in 2009 from Manchester United. His compatriot was also present Zinedine Zidanea merengue idol as a player and coach.
Mbappé arrives at the European champions from Paris Saint-Germain and with the transfer in his possession, although this does not mean that the deal has been cheap for Florentino Pérez, the president of Real, famous for his stellar signings. It is estimated that The club paid the Frenchman between 120 and 130 million euros to add him to its ranks until 2029, while he will receive a salary of 20 million in cash per yearbecoming the highest paid player on the team.
“I was sure that my time would comeI had many offers, but Real Madrid was my only option if I left Paris. “In my head it was clear, it was Real Madrid. Later, in football many things can happen, but this was clear to me,” he added about his transfer.
As for his still unfinished Champions League questa title that he could not achieve with PSG (he lost the 2020 final against Bayern Munich, Mbappé considered that “There is no better place than Real Madrid to win titles”And he is right: Real Sociedad has 15 European Cups, well ahead of the second most successful club in Europe, Milan, which has seven.
One of the great mysteries of the arrival of the Frenchman to the team of the wise man Charles Ancelotti It remains to be seen how the Italian uses him, who has offensive stars such as Vinicius, Bellingham, Rodrygo and Valverde. “I’m going to play wherever the coach wants. I can play in the three positions up front.”as I have done in Paris, France and Monaco. The best thing is to be physically fit, But the place is a detail; for me, it is not a debate. I don’t care where I play, I want to play. and show that I can help Real Madrid,” he said.
Finally, He dedicated a few words to the children who dream of being professionals: “I see my family so happy, my mother crying, it’s an incredible day. Since I was a child I have dreamed of playing here and this means a lot to me. I was like you, I had a dream and today I made it come true. With passion and dreams you can achieve everything you want.”