Mbappé and His Childhood in the Most Dangerous Neighborhood of Paris: "He Was a Normal Kid with a Dream; He Made Mistakes"

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Kylian Mbappé never wanted his story to be told as that of a prodigy destined to succeed. He grew up in Bondy, on the outskirts of Paris, in a humble environment where football was part of everyday life. There he spent hours playing with friends, competing in the streets and learning to live with realities very different from those of an elite academy. "I was a normal kid with a dream," he explained when recalling those years. Mbappé admits that…