By Omotayo Edubi
Wilfried Mbappé, father of the French striker, Kylian Mbappe, has stated that corrupt practices forced his son to dump the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon for Les Bleus of France.
Mbappe was born in Paris to a Cameroonian father, Wilfried, and an Algerian mother, but he had made efforts to play senior national team football for the Central African Country where his dad comes from.
Wilfried who is a 52-year-old French/Cameroonian football coach and agent, alleged that a member of the Cameroon FA requested some money before his son could make the Indomitable Lions’ squad.
“At first, I wanted my son to play for Cameroon but, someone at the Cameroon Football Federation charged a sum of money that I didn’t have to make him play. The French didn’t charge anything.”
In 2018, Mbappe was in sensational form at the World Cup in Russia as he scored four goals, including one in the 4-2 win against Croatia in the final. He became the second teenager to score in the World Cup finals after Brazilian legend Pele.
Mbappe currently plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.