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Sporting Giants: Kylian Mbappé: Episode 2: ‘Centre of excellence’

Episode 2: ‘Centre of excellence’

Kylian Mbappé

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Mbappe impresses at the Clairefontaine academy and breaks through at Monaco.

How Mbappe’s development at Clairefontaine put him on the radar of Europe’s top clubs and set him up for a breakthrough season at Monaco.

Presenters Steve Crossman and Julien Laurens explore Mbappe’s time at the legendary Clairefontaine academy and his breakthrough season at Monaco.

Hear from France legend and Clairefontaine graduate Thierry Henry and some of Mbappe’s classmates at a football finishing school like no other.

Find out how Monaco won the race to sign the teenage sensation and relive his title-winning debut season in the company of former team-mate Bernardo Silva.

Sporting Giants: Kylian Mbappé

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A new podcast series on the life and career of France superstar Kylian Mbappe.

Kylian Mbappe's remarkable rise from the suburbs of Paris to football stardom, featuring Arsene Wenger, Thierry Henry and Bernardo Silva.

A new podcast series charting Kylian Mbappe's rise from the suburbs of Paris to global superstardom. Presenters Steve Crossman and Julien Laurens follow the forward's journey from AS Bondy to PSG via Monaco and the legendary Clairefontaine academy and hear from a stellar cast including Arsene Wenger, Didier Deschamps, Thierry Henry and Bernardo Silva. 

Revisit Mbappe's ultimate high of winning the World Cup in 2018 to the racial abuse that followed his penalty miss as France crashed out of the Euros in 2021. We take listeners to Qatar where Mbappe rallied his team for a remarkable comeback in the World Cup final before another painful defeat on penalties to Argentina. And we'll look ahead to his future in the iconic white shirt of Real Madrid

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