Kylian Mbappé was presented officially as a Real Madrid player today, infront of 80,000+ fans at the Santiago Bernabéu.

The saga that seems like it lasted forever, was finally put to bed as the boy from Bondy made his dream come true, stepping into the new Santiago Bernbaéu with the royal white on – and with a smile of that of a kid who finally gets his hands on a toy he’s long lasted for.

Going back to the first time when Real Madrid & Kylian Mbappé were linked, we can pinpoint many dates, but today Real Madrid showed glorious footage of the days when Mbappé was training at Valdebebas as a kid, led by the legendary Zinedine Zidane. Footage never seen before – footage that prove exactly what this truly is, destiny.

You don’t have to be the smartest man in the world to understand from every Kylian Mbappé gimmick during today’s presentation that this is a man who has finally achieved his goal, long desired wish.

During the years, Kylian Mbappé was one step into Real Madrid’s dressing room – but different obstacles prevented that until 2024, when no one could again stand in the way of PSG’s all-time top scorer to get into that flight to Madrid & have Spain’s capital stop to see him make rounds around the city. It was those years that created an image that Mbappé is not anymore desired in Madrid, while people were talking about a train that passes only once. It took not much to see that all of those were just words in the air, with Mbappé hoping on the last stop to Madrid & everyone jumping on the train with him.

Without getting into the details of now a much known transfers saga, today we have chosen to talk about Kylian Mbappé’s influence outside of the pitch, since the moment he signed for Real Madrid.

Just two days after Real Madrid won UEFA Champions League for the record 15th time, they announced Kylian Mbappé as the new player of the club. It took less than 24 hours for his announcement to become the second most liked ever announcement on ‘X’ just behind Cristiano Ronaldo. While his Instagram announcement is now his most liked post & one of the most liked posts ever from an athlete with 26 million likes.

The hype was clear, but shushed down a bit from Kylian Mbappé duties with France NT in EURO 2024, but also by the fact that you couldn’t get his shirts due to him being legally under contract with PSG until July 1st.

In the long run, this turned a blessing in disguise for Los Merengues – with fans impatiently waiting to get their hands on Kylian Mbappé #9 Real Madrid shirt. As soon as the shirt went on sale, the hype was real – with the official store announcing that shipping Mbappé kits worldwide would take 4-6 additional weeks to the usual time, as the demand was like something they’ve never seen before. Only by online sales, Real Madrid reached an amount of €800,000 by French’s star kits in less than 24 hours – equaling to more than 7 thousand kits. This is, of course, by not counting kits that were sold physically in Real Madrid official stores.

The kits were selling at such a high pace, that in Madrid – the club was forced to use the store in Gran Via to sell exclusively ONLY Kylian Mbappé kits, something truly extraordinary.

Come the day of presentation, everything about Kylian Mbappé’s impact was confirmed. 80,000+ fans were present in Santiago Bernabéu and over 100,000 in the streets of Madrid to make the first day of the star from Bondy as bright as possible, and looking at Kylian – it definitely looked very bright. In Madrid, it looked like a king returned to his castle after winning a long fought war.

Despite all the ‘problems’ throughout the years, everything was left behind and Madridistas worked to give Kylian the warmest possible welcome, as if no dramatic saga was ever present between the club, the fans & the player.

Today, a truly pure Galactico stepped foot into what will be his next home, his next palace, his chance to prove that he is a player than can mark an era, a player that at least outside the field – is big enough to make all the footballing world turn the eyes to him & watch his presentation. It wasn’t a matchday, but it truly looked like a football match was due to be played at the new Santiago Bernabéu.

Between happiness, a perfect Spanish despite never living in Spain, a famous ‘uno, dos, tres… Hala Madrid’ – Real Madrid dressed Kylian Mbappé in white, the dream that finally became a reality for both sides. Without playing a single minute for the club, Kylian Mbappé has won over the fans of Real Madrid – and now him, us, you & everyone can’t wait to see him in action.

The first part is done, Real Madrid’s outside of the field Galactico signing is here – now it’s time to be the big Galactico in the field. One thing is for sure, Kylian Mbappé will give everything to be the best possible star for Real Madrid.