Kylian Mbappé teammate among the Blues, Youssouf Fofana knew the French striker from a very young age, at the INF Clairefontaine.
Despite the many criticisms about it, on its lack of defensive investment or its individualism, Kylian Mbappé is a player apart. He has always been. From his first steps on a football field, his destiny was traced. One of his current teammates in the French team, who rubbed shoulders with it at the INF Clairefontaine, evokes in the podcast Field The beginnings of the young “Kyks”. And according to him, “Everyone knew” Already that he was going to make a career.
“When I’m in Clairefontaine for my first year, he’s his second yeartells Youssouf Fofana, member of the 1999 generation, who joined the Federal Center at the age of 13. It’s a beautiful knot head, it’s a loubard this one! (laughs) It was not easy. But everyone knew. It was crazy, he was ahead. When you are in Clairefontaine, everyone thinks of being pro at first. With him, everyone knew he was going to be pro. »»
Kylian Mbappé, “He was a Loubard! »»
“There was no doubt. The whole building knew it, I includedcontinued the tricolor international midfielder, who passed through Strasbourg and Monaco before landing at AC Milan, in 2024. What marked me was the daily kylian and the one we saw in a match. They were two different Kylians. »» Apart from the green rectangle, the former Bondy prodigy was very playful and provocative. But as soon as he chassered his crampons, he became a killer.
“On a daily basis, Kylian, it was the guy who put a cleat behind your head and who was running. He laughed, all the time joke, not serious and everythingRemember the Rossonero, who was replacing in the Blues during the 2022 World Cup final lost on penalties against Argentina.
But in match, it was impressive, it was one of the most serious. He knew very well that when he put the crampons, it was work. »»
