PSG: Kylian Mbappé, Bondy in the veins

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is used to claiming to have placed Sweden on the world map.

Kylian Mbappé, him, installs Bondy in the French collective imagination.

The world champion maintains a close relationship with this anonymous commune of Seine-Saint-Denis, where he was born on December 20, 1998.

To the point of bleeding with her when the city knows the tragedy.

This Saturday, his double scored in Dijon with PSG (4-0) did not make him forget the news in Bondy.

In the evening, Mbappé, who controls his social networks, had a word of tribute for Aymane, 15, shot dead on Friday in a leisure center.

This is the first time that the French striker has reacted to such a dramatic event in his city.

The message addressed to the deceased and his relatives does not have any calculated character.

Simple condolences for another Bondynois, as if the town was living to the rhythm of a single large family.

"The link between the city and him has never been broken"

“We are not surprised by this mark of support, we assure the municipality this Sunday.

We see that Kylian Mbappé is very attached to Bondy and that the Bondynois are very attached to him.

The bond between the city and him never broke.

He is even very strong.

This tribute is sincere, he did not have to do it.

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The star no longer lives in Bondy, a locality that also saw André Malraux grow up.

But Mbappé lacks few opportunities to set foot there again or to evoke his memories since his name resonates in the four corners of the country.

In February 2020, in a long letter written for the Players' Tribune, he addressed “young people”, “the children of Bondy, Ile-de-France, the suburbs”.

A text signed "Kylian de Bondy" in which he evoked his childhood and his dreams: "We are the crazy dreamers.

And luckily for us, dreaming does not cost much […] Never forget that, even if someone tells you otherwise.

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Former mayor Sylvine Thomassin (2011-2020) witnessed Mbappé's attachment to Bondy.

She was present when the former Monaco player unveiled his official website there before the World Cup, when he returned as a hero from Russia a few months later or at the time of the launch of a collaboration with the Nike brand in tribute to Bondy.

An upcoming documentary

“Whenever an event mobilizes her generosity, Kylian is always there,” she tells us.

He does it naturally and without ostentation.

Kylian does a lot more things than you might imagine but he doesn't want it to be known.

He helped us enormously during the health crisis, got involved at Christmas, mobilized for certain families.

But he does not wish to pull the blanket over him.

I am sure he will find even this article more embarrassing than anything else.

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There would be nothing however.

Mbappé is Bondy.

Bondy is Mbappé.

After his hat-trick in the Champions League against FC Barcelona, ​​the town of Seine-Saint-Denis expressed loud and clear its pride.

Realizing his happy childhood, the attacker simply wants to reciprocate, in the best possible way.

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