Posted on November 3, 2021 at 8:45 am by AM
Then sports director of RB Leipzig, Ralf Rangnick reveals that he tried to bring in Kylian Mbappé in 2015, before he joined AS Monaco.
From an early age, Kylian Mbappé is a highly coveted player. Thus, after getting to know football at Bondy, he really launched his career by joining AS Monaco and its training center in 2013. But before signing his aspiring contract with the Rocher club , the current PSG striker receives a proposal from RB Leipzig , then in the German second division, but whose project is attractive for young players. Ralf Rangnick , then sporting director of the overseas club, who went to Bondy to convince the player's family, even reveals that Kylian Mbappé was very close of Leipzig .
Mbappé was very close to Leipzig
“The case was almost closed. The only concern is that we were looking for a coach in Leipzig in January 2015 and we did not know who to entrust this position to in the long term. Wilfrid Mbappé told me that if I were to become the coach myself, he would entrust me with his son with his eyes closed. But I couldn't make that promise to him at that time. I took this position six months later and Kylian had meanwhile signed with Monaco, “he told L'Equipe. Finally, it is once again as an opponent that Kylian Mbappé will find RB Leipzig this Wednesday evening.