""When Kylian renewed his contract with PSG [in 2022], we [his parents] were the ones who asked him to stay," Lamari told French newspaper L'Equipe. "It's the only time we [parents] intervened. There was a lot of pressure: they told you that if he left, they'd lay off employees, that there were problems with TV rights, that it's Paris, that there's the new training center, the Olympics, the World Cup ...""
"However, Lamari said her son followed his childhood dream when he joined Madrid. She said: "When I see him leave Paris, even though we warn him that PSG is closer to winning the Champions League than Real, and with his child's eyes, he answers us: 'Yeah, I know, but it doesn't matter, I'm starting from a blank slate,' that's when I find the Kylian who dreamed in his roo""
"Mbappé, who admitted he did not regret the decision to continue at PSG in 2022, left the French club as the all-time top scorer with 255 goals, winning six Ligue 1 titles in seven seasons. Lamari said she did warn her son ahead of his move to Madrid in 2024 that PSG were closer to winning the Champions League, the only major honour to have eluded Mbappé in his career. Les Parisiens lifted their first Champions League title after beating Inter Milan in the final in May."
Fayza Lamari advised Kylian Mbappé to remain at Paris Saint-Germain in 2022, marking the only parental intervention in his career decisions. She cited intense pressure on the club, including threats of layoffs, TV rights issues, Paris profile, the new training center, the Olympics and the World Cup. Mbappé did not regret staying in 2022 and left PSG in 2024 as the club's all-time top scorer with 255 goals, having won six Ligue 1 titles in seven seasons. Lamari warned that PSG were closer to a Champions League victory than Real Madrid, but Mbappé followed his childhood dream and joined Real Madrid in 2024.
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