The father of departing Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe has explained them turning down Real Madrid when he was a junior.
Mbappé, 18, is set for a summer switch from AS Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain, with the French capital club taking him on an initial loan deal due to financial fair play restrictions.
However, it is well documented that the France international almost signed for Real's youth set-up as a 14-year-old.
"We had plenty of meetings with Monsieur Zidane but from the moment he became assistant coach to the first team [ahead of the 2013/14 season] I believed that he'd not have the right amount of time for Kylian," Wilfrid Mbappé is quoted by AS.
"If Zidane had stayed in charge of recruiting and looking after young talent like Kylian, we'd probably just have joined Madrid instead of Monaco."
Source: tribalfootball.com