There’s a series of pictures that have been circulating for a while now that features a 13-year-old Kylian Mbappé in his Bondy bedroom, surrounded by homemade wallpaper comprised of Cristiano Ronaldo photos. The first thing you notice is how neatly arranged they are, hung with care as if by a Tetris expert. The second thing is that almost every one of them features the Portuguese icon wearing the white of Real Madrid.
The most popular image in the series depicts Mbappé lying on his bed with his chin resting in his hands, his eyes gazing up and away toward his limitless future.