Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid’s new number 9, officially presented at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium

The captain of the French team was presented to his new public on Tuesday in the Merengues’ lair, with whom he has signed for five years.

The Spanish capital has not finished celebrating its European champions, and a new opportunity to celebrate has arisen. Kylian Mbappé was officially presented to Real Madrid fans at midday on Tuesday, July 16, in a sold-out Santiago Bernabéu stadium. In front of nearly 85,000 lucky people who had obtained free tickets for the occasion, the captain of Les Bleus appeared wearing the jersey of his new club, where he signed for five years after leaving Paris Saint-Germain on a free.

Entering the pitch around 12:45, the 25-year-old Frenchman was cheered by the crowd before going to stand next to Zinédine Zidane in the middle of the 15 Champions League players, proudly displayed on the stage by the club. A few minutes earlier, he had successfully passed his medical examination. And this, despite his broken nose during a Euro 2024 “missed” with the French team, in his own words.

“It’s incredible to be here, my dream has come true. I dreamed for many years of playing for Real Madrid and today my dream comes true. I’m a happy boy.”, Kylian Mbappé rejoiced in perfect Spanish before kissing the logo of his new team. For his part, Florentino Pérez greeted “a historic event” And “such a special day”while clips retracing the beginning of the career of the player trained at AS Monaco had just been broadcast on the giant screens under the misty eyes of his parents.

“Now I have another dream, to live up to the history of this club. I will give my life for this club and this badge.”

Kylian Mbappé

during his presentation at Real Madrid

“Dear Kylian, welcome home. We know you fell in love with Real as a child. We could see that sparkle in your eyes when you looked at this stadium. You will never forget when, in 2012, Zinedine Zidane invited you to the club. You made your dream come true because you didn’t give up. You are here because you wanted to be. Thank you for making the effort to wear this jersey.”added the Real president. After the concluding speeches of a “Hala Madrid”the neo-Merengue started a tour of the stadium with a smile, sending balls towards the stands. But without performing the traditional juggling.

This XXL presentation is enough to make the people of Madrid forget the hesitations of the French striker, who had extended his contract with PSG in 2022 while the White House was already rolling out the red carpet for him. Since last Thursday, jerseys bearing the “Mbappé 9” logo have appeared in the boutiques of the Casa Blanca, where his face is omnipresent. “I was always sure that my time would come. I knew that when I left Paris, I would come to Madrid. I had a lot of pressure this morning when I woke up. The passion and love that the fans have shown me is incredible.”thanked the attacker in a press conference afterwards.

Under the orders of Carlo Ancelotti, “Kyks” hopes to win his first C1 within a team led by the Brazilian Vinicius Jr and the Englishman Jude Bellingham in recent months. “I will play wherever the coach wants me to play, I can play in all three positions in attack. The most important thing is to be in good physical and mental shape”explained the ex-Parisian, emphasizing the need to arrive with “humility” to help it adapt to this new environment.

At the end of a disappointing season, although the most prolific of his career as Florentino Pérez pointed out, the Bondy player must benefit from a few more days of rest. Described as the new Galactico, he could make his first steps with his teammates in Warsaw, during the European Super Cup scheduled for August 14 against Atalanta.