Wilfred Mbappe, father of France forward, Kylian Mbappe, has revealed the real reason his son represents France and not Cameroon, his country of origin.
Wilfred said that he wanted his son to play for the Cameroon national team, but could not afford the amount of money he was asked to pay.
He reportedly revealed this in an interview, following his 19-year-old son winning the 2018 FIFA World Cup with France in Russia. Kylian also emerged as the best young player at the tournament, scoring four goals.
“I wanted my son to play for Cameroon national team but the football federation charged certain amount that I didn’t have but France didn’t charge me a penny”.This is the problem in Africa, money, money, money,” Wilfred reportedly said.
The Cameroon Football Association are yet to react to the allegation.
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