Former Monaco sports director: I wanted to sell Mbappé for 70 million, but the chairman said he would be worth over 100 million

After three rounds of waiting, Mbappe finally scored his first goal for Real Madrid and also scored twice. Antonio Cordoone, former Monaco sporting director, recently appeared on the El Larguero program of SER Radio and talked about Mbappe's first goal for Real Madrid, his signing and his first few games for Real Madrid, and of course, his past with Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain.

I was not the first to discover him. When I arrived at Monaco, he had actually made his first team debut, but at that time he was mainly training with the second team. Because of his outstanding performance in the pre-season, we decided to keep him in the first team. He showed the level of a special player who deserved our full cultivation. That year, we reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and won the French League and the French Cup.

At that time, he also needed to find time to complete his school courses and arrange the right time for the high school exams. Mbappe was very humble and had a great work ethic, and his teammates helped him a lot in his development as a professional player because they saw the potential in him.

Yes, he is very humble and reserved. People were surprised that he could speak Spanish, but he was already fluent in Spanish when I arrived at Monaco. It took him a month to start communicating with me in Spanish, even though my French was not very good. In daily training, his teammates would often motivate him and make him realize how much he could achieve in the future, sometimes even making him shy and having to leave training early.

We may never have a definite answer. In Paris Saint-Germain, he met many good players and learned a lot. But I think the level of La Liga is higher than that of Ligue 1, and if he could come to Spain earlier, he might adapt faster. However, even so, it is a very suitable time for him to join La Liga now.

I think Deschamps positioned him very accurately. In Monaco, he partnered with Falcao and mainly played as a second striker or on the wing. He moves very well, cooperates well with his teammates, is good at taking advantage of gaps, has fast speed and strong explosive power... He has all the conditions to move behind the center. Now, he has gradually adapted to the area between the two central defenders of the opponent, although that was a role he played relatively less before.

I think he has always maintained a very high-pressure rhythm in the game. Sometimes, he will try to complete too many one-on-one breakthroughs, or even try to pass three or four players, just because he is eager to score the first goal. For a shooter, they can only really relax after scoring the first goal. From the first game, everyone has been expecting him to score goals. After all, this is why he joined Real Madrid.