At the city stadium of the Léo-Lagrange sports complex in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis), around ten young people play football in front of the attentive gaze of their mothers.
“It’s weird to see him leave,” admits Fadi when he mentions the name of Kylian Mbappé, he who dreams of following in the footsteps of his idol.
There is still a long way to go for someone who plays as a right-back.
Like the future ex-Parisian number 7, he is licensed in the youth categories of AS Bondy, in U14.
With around 750 members, the 93 club has seen Jonathan Ikoné and William Saliba pass through.
“It motivates you to become professional,” says Fadi.
I hope to become like him, even if we don't play the same position.
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He did not expect the formalization of Kylian Mbappé's departure from PSG, the latter having announced it to his president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi.
“This summer, he's going to abandon us, he's going to go to Real Madrid, it hurts my heart a little, but it's his career and he's the one who decides,” believes Fadi.
He has won a lot of trophies with Paris, and I hope he will win the Champions League.
It will be a nice gift for us.
» Down jacket on his shoulders, he smiles as he thinks about the words he could address to the Parisian star: “Stay in Paris and make us dream because you are still young,” he says with envy.
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