Mbappé’s final wink: why does he speak Spanish so well?

And Mbappe had to be presented tomorrow by Real Madrid, he would not need an interpreter for the speech prior to “Hala Madrid!” final. The French superstar speaks Spanish as if instead of the Parisian Bondy he had been born in Cuatro Caminos. It was not a secret, but the impact of seeing him express himself very correctly in the language of Cervantes in the post-match interview Movistar + Just a few minutes after his anthological goal against Real Madrid, he multiplied the dramatic effect.

But where does that polished Spanish of Mbappé come from? The answer sounds almost Martian, but it’s real: from Monaco. The attacker, partly due to the influence of Real Madrid and his idol Cristiano Ronaldo, the two motifs that literally covered the walls of his childhood room, He began to learn Spanish at the age of 15 in Monaco. In fact, in an old video on the YouTube channel of the Monegasque team A young Mbappé can be seen practicing some sentences with his Spanish teacher in front of a blackboard.

Kylian has not allowed it to rust. From acts of solidarity (he communicated through Spanish and by video call with a 14-year-old fan from New York suffering from cancer) to nights out with Latin stars like the musician J Balvin and their own conversations with their teammates. Pablo Sarabia himself revealed it last season in an interview on Onda Cero. “Kylian speaks Spanish well, sometimes he answers me like that”assured the international of La Roja.

Mbappé, unlike other Frenchmen such as Zidane or Benzema who have made history as Madridistas but took their time before ‘abandoning’ French to express themselves before the Madridista, approaches Chamartín with the lesson (in terms of language) already learned. ..