Former teammate of Kylian Mbappé, who he had even been crowned French champion in 2017 in the ranks of AS Monaco, Djibril Sidibé remembers perfectly his friend’s XXL transfer to PSG the following summer. And the side right of AEK Athens recounted the broken promises and how he had chambered Mbappé.

Remember, the 2016-2017 season was the big start at the highest level for Kylian Mbappe. The attacker of PSG was evolving at the timeAS Monacoand despite stiff competition in the attacking sector symbolized by elements such as Radamel Falcao, Valere Germain or Guido Carrillo, Mbappe had managed to explode that year, contributing largely to the title of his training club in Ligue 1. Just before flying off to the PSG pay 180M€…

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“I bored him for a year”

Djibril Sidibewhich was the right side of theAS Monaco at that time, had witnessed helplessly the transfer of Mbappe to the PSG while other promises had been fulfilled by his leadership. The player, who will now become theAEK Athensrecalled this transfer last June in an interview with Oh my purpose : “ I shunned him, for a year I pissed him off “you’re a kid, you’re gone”. The club had sold us a project that Kylian was the ambassador, that there might be a new stadium, etc. So Kylian, I said we were going to build around him. In the end, we see the rumors about Madrid, etc… “, entrusts Sidibe.

” He is different “

Sidibe pursue this career choice of Kylian Mbappe, which he therefore ended up respecting: He’s different, so I can’t say whether he made the right choice or the wrong choice. I can only accompany him. If this decision was driven by this challenge, I know that he will do everything to achieve his objectives. “, estimated Sidibe.