(Reuters) - Even in his early teens when cutting a dash at the French national football centre in Clairefontaine, it appears young Kylian Mbappe was intoxicated by the distant allure of playing at the very highest level.
"It is better to target the moon. That way, if you fail, you get to the clouds," the bright boy from the multicultural Paris suburb, Bondy, mused in an early interview when asked about the prospect of one day playing at his favourite club, Real Madrid.
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