Mbappe’s €180million (then £166m/$200m) transfer to PSG in the summer of 2017, a record fee for a teenager, introduced him to a new club environment, a new set of team-mates and a new role on ...

Mbappe responded by forcibly telling him, “No, one day I will take you there.” Then there is the story of how, in a classroom at Monaco’s youth academy, he and his peers were given an ...

This is an edition of The Great Game, a newsletter about the 2022 World Cup—and how soccer explains the world. Sign up here. There is no player in the world right now like Kylian Mbappé. In the ...