A year after leaving for Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé watched his former club, PSG, finally lift the Champions League — a trophy that eluded him despite seven seasons in Paris.
Speaking on M6, the French striker played the good sport — or the good communicator. Despite his ongoing financial dispute with PSG, Mbappé showed no regrets:
“I was happy, I have a lot of friends in the team. PSG means a lot to me, it’s the club where I stayed the longest. It was the logical outcome, they’d been close for years and finally made it. PSG will now enter another dimension.”
Back in his final months in Paris, Mbappé had stirred controversy with a line that went viral: “If I tied my future to the Champions League, and I mean no disrespect to the club, I would’ve left a long time ago.” That conviction guided his move to Real Madrid in 2024, believing only the Spanish giants could deliver him Europe’s top prize. Ironically, PSG won it just months later — without him.
“PSG winning the Champions League without me doesn’t affect me”
Last June, Mbappé clarified: “Did I leave too early? No. My story was over, it had to end. No bitterness, I’d reached the end of the road. I tried everything. It’s just destiny that it happened without me. PSG winning the Champions League without me doesn’t affect me. It’s a good thing.”
A year on, Mbappé applauds from afar — but his obsession is now different: bringing the Champions League back to Madrid. That mission has become his number one goal.
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