Mbappe set for huge Real Madrid transfer but was once mistaken for ex-Everton right-back
Every football fan knows who Kylian Mbappe is, yet not so long ago, it was hard to determine what made him unique.
The French sensation, who will earn £13 million a year, has verbally agreed to a deal to sign for Real Madrid this summer.
When the 25-year-old’s contract with Paris Saint-Germain ends at the end of the current campaign, he will finally realize his ambition of becoming a Galactico.
The Premier League’s long-standing interest in Mbappe, who has been much sought after since making his debut with Monaco as a teenager, formally stops with his transfer to Bernabeu.
In his second professional game on British soil, the forward established himself as one to watch for all of England’s top players.
Mbappe was a member of Monaco’s team thatthat put an end to Manchester City’s 2017 Champions League hopes.
The World Cup champion helped the Monegasque team advance to the quarterfinals on away goals following a 6-6 aggregate draw by scoring in both legs of their round-of-16 matchup with Pep Guardiola’s team.
Mbappe’s goal in the 5-3 loss at the Etihad will always stand out as his first-ever Champions League goal.
But by the way Man City publicized the goal, it appears the teenager wasn’t all that memorable to them.
After Radamel Falcao, Mbappe’s striking partner, cancelled out Raheem Sterling’s opening goal, Monaco completed their first-half comeback.
The 18-year-old managed to steal a ball from Nicolas Otamendi by going down the right channel, stabilize himself, and shoot past Willy Caballero.
The brilliant finish ought to have identified Monaco’s No. 29 as a wonderkid to watch, but the stadium announcer for City made a historic error.
The Etihad voice erupted as Mbappe and his teammates celebrated: “Goal for AS Monaco, scored by number 19…Sidibe Djibril.
Yes, Mbappe’s fellow Frenchman was looking good in that shirt in Manchester, but he was playing right back.
Before making the £166 million move to the Parc des Princes to join PSG in 2018, the two spent two years together in the principality.
After the two won the World Cup a year later, Sidibe agreed to join Everton on loan in order to cover for Seamus Coleman, the club captain.
At Goodison Park, Sidibe made just 25 Premier League appearances and contributed four assists.
helping but not finishing with a goal.
His best moment on Merseyside came in February 2020 when he realized he had forgotten one of his socks and had to make a late substitution in a 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace.
The hilarious moment did not amuse then-manager Carlo Ancelotti, but Mbappe might have after it was revealed that he was a covert Toffees supporter.
Between his two stints at Goodison, Mbappe used to watch Everton while he was at PSG, according to Idrissa Gueye.
“Mbappe would definitely watch,” Gueye said the Mirror. He enjoyed watching every match. No, [Lionel] Messi.
We were losing a lot, so he would tell me, ‘Bro, come on, you see your team is losing and playing like this,’ which made it hard for me.
But that was amusing.
It’s less humorous that Mbappe’s first Champions League goal was incorrectly announced.
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