Missed out on a world star? Mbappé reveals Borussia Dortmund interest | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund once showed interest in Kylian Mbappé. The Real Madrid superstar is now talking about his options at the time and his new coach Xabi Alonso.

Kylian Mbappé has been one of the best footballers in the world for years. Today, the French superstar is under contract with Real Madrid - but his career could have taken a very different path.

In an interview with Bild am Sonntag, the 26-year-old revealed that several Bundesliga clubs were interested in signing him in the past - including Borussia Dortmund: "Many clubs approached me. Bayern came to me when I was a bit younger and could leave Monaco. Dortmund also inquired. And RB Leipzig. And those are just the clubs I remember. There might have been others, but I don't remember. Now everyone is asking, but now it's a bit too late."

At the time, Mbappé was still in the service of AS Monaco. After his breakthrough in the 2015/16 season, he decided in 2017 to initially go on loan to Paris Saint-Germain, before he was permanently signed a year later for the record sum of 180 million euros.

What if at BVB? The missed opportunity in Dortmund

In Paris, he finally became an international top star, winning seven championships and numerous national cups - however, the Champions League eluded him.

Since 2023, the 2018 World Cup winner has been playing for Real Madrid. There, he now works with Xabi Alonso, who took over as coach of the Royals in the summer. About his new coach, Mbappé says: "I had a great impression of him. You see a guy who wants to be successful. He knows the club perfectly because he himself played at Real Madrid. At the moment we are just trying to implement what he tells us. We are trying to understand his game concept that he has for us - and then let's see what happens."

While Kylian Mbappé is already scoring his goals in Spain's capital, it remains exciting to think about how the career of today's world star would have turned out at Borussia Dortmund if he had decided for BVB at the time.

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