Amid Doubts Over PSG Future, Kylian Mbappe Visits Father's Native Cameroon

07.07.2023 - 07:53 sports.ndtv.com

France's star footballer Kylian Mbappe arrived in Cameroon to an ecstatic welcome from fans Thursday for a visit that includes charity work with deaf children and a trip to his father's village.

Many among the hundreds who greeted the 24-year-old forward were dressed in his Paris Saint-Germain team's football jersey for the occasion.

They excitedly screamed his name as he emerged from the airport in the capital Yaounde, according to an AFP journalist. A group of about a hundred traditional dancers performed in his honour.

Smiling widely, the footballer waved to the crowd who were kept at a distance by police, before being whisked away in an SUV with tinted windows. "We are proud to see our Cameroonian brother.

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