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All this attention on young Kylian Mbappe is something the France national team’s football fans ought to get used to. The AS Monaco youngster is just one of the many stars coming through the ranks of an excellently well-planned youth setup – one of the very best in the world.
France was a market for world-class talent a little over a decade ago with their FIFA World Cup winning squad demanding the biggest of clubs chase after them. Fast forward to date and you’ll find that clubs are going back to the country in search of the next superstar.
There’s something about youth footballers in France that’s almost unmatched anywhere else in the continent. It’s either the humbleness, the killer instinct or them just wanting to emerge from the shadows and get back onto the stage where the light shines the brightest. Whatever it is, it’s working.
