Mbappe left PSG a year ago - with the going onto to win the Quadruple, including the Champions League and Ligue 1 titles.
"When he wanted to leave Paris, I warned him that Paris Saint-Germain would win the Champions League before Real Madrid. He told me he knew. But he just wanted to start over," Lamari told L'Equipe .
"I still remember Kylian's reaction when he met Zinedine Zidane as a child. He was spellbound. He didn't want to wash his jacket anymore because Zidane had touched it. When Real Madrid arrived, I felt the same way."
Not just Zizou, but Cristiano Ronaldo was also among Mbappé's absolute idols: "When Cristiano Ronaldo moved from Manchester United to Madrid... from that moment on, Kylian started calling himself Portuguese," she confides. "He would go to a friend's house to watch the games. To cheer for Ronaldo. He was a little in love."
Criticism of his son often hurts Lamari: "But not the criticism about him not defending, because he hasn't done so since he was four," he jokes. "But when the fans boo him, it's like you've lost your son. He belongs to everyone except you."
Finally, another behind-the-scenes story, related to his contract renewal with PSG, which dates back to 2022: "There was a lot of pressure. It was the only time we intervened to get him to sign. When they tell you that if he leaves, you'll have to fire the employees, that there's a problem with television rights, that it's Paris, that there's the new training centre, the Olympics, the World Cup are just around the corner..."