Kylian Mbappe sits down exclusively with Daniel Taylor from The Athletic for a wide ranging interview at Real Madrid’s training ground.
In a wide ranging conversation, he revealed how close he came to joining Liverpool before PSG, working with Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid, his favourite World Cup memories and what he does in his spare time to unwind.
Executive producer: Alex Hoffman
Video producer: Rachael Tinde
00:00 Intro and setting the scene with Danny
04:30 Learning English and why he loves Real Madrid
07:25 Idolising Zidane and Ronaldo
09:00 His World Cup memories
17:29 The Ballon d’Or
18:15 His beliefs and principles
22:15 Working with Mourinho at Madrid
25:02 Moving from Nike to On
29:04 Meeting Klopp and Liverpool
31:44 PSG’s success since his exit
32:43 How he unwinds
38:03 His hardest opponents and favourite goals
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24 Comments
"If me I cook, everybody go home fast" to grab a bite because they got served with the Mbappe special😅
Wow man such a well done guy, no ego at all when you hear the interviews rather than read media transcript
mas promesas q politico en campaña
Mbappé Ballon d’or⚽🏆
Not great that you don’t actually say what other players you both are talking about for people who can’t see too great.
How about you focus on actually being a good striker 😂
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Man, his English is top-tier.
Game is done if this douch wins the ballon dor
"There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech"
Mannerisms are a mix of Cristiano and Henry, you can really see where he takes inspiration from
I’m so impressed by his English wow 😮
Imagine interviewing one of the best footballers in the world, and you ask him things like… " Can you go out anywhere without being recognized?", "What music do you listen to?" "What's your favorite goal?" Such basic and low level questions ,this is the kind of questions a child would ask a footballer… ask him something interesting about football!
Bro gonna get the Mbappe special for the Ballon D’Or
memes upcoming
You and your counterpart Lamine Yamal are sufficient the dust of a ballon d'or with your malicious intents. Just forget about it and go play for your team
Thought it’s ai 😂
I'm sure he would have been able to dictate to a translator if necessary.
"Dictator" my ass.
Look at how he graciously delivering diplomatic non-answers in his second language.
That's just a highly professional athlete. He's not like the laid back, cool Haaland generation. He's probably one of the last old scool.
Journalist is so scared and afraid asking questions😂😂😂😂😂
The way he sit 🪑 is another level of Aura 😂😂
If he doesn't win Ballon D'or, entire Real Madrid including their bus driver will cry and boycott the award for 5 more years the same they did when Rodri won. His ego is above the sky. He'd better not say "I'll do 10x better from now".
Imagine Mbappe in THAT Liverpool team.
One of the worst footballers. I don’t care about the World Cup. All big games for Real Madrid, he flops. No major trophies. One of the worst footballers.