France international Kylian Mbappe is one of the best players in the world and Chelsea had a golden chance to sign him as a youngster.

At just 12 years old, Mbappe was invited for a trial with Chelsea, heading to London for a few days in 2011 and even playing in a game against Charlton.

The Blues wanted another trial before making a decision but his mother wasn’t willing to return to London and wanted Chelsea to make a decision immediately.

The Athletic spoke to former Chelsea scout Daniel Boga who told the story of Mbappe’s mother, Fayza Lamari, insisting that there would be no second visit, Chelsea had to sign her son then or not at all.

Boga explained: “You know English football — you tackle, you track back players when you lose the ball. He wasn’t like that. When he lost the ball, he stopped playing.

“Chelsea said, ‘We want to see him again and we want to see this part of his football’.

“But then the mum said, ‘No, we won’t come again’. I was translating. She said, ‘Tell them, he won’t come back. If you want to sign him, you sign him now’. And she said, ‘In five years’ time, you will come back for him for £50million’. She said, ‘Translate that.’

“I can’t say that. It’s too arrogant to say something like this. So I didn’t translate it. I just said to Jim [Fraser, head of youth recruitment], ‘I don’t think they will come back, so you have to make a decision now’.”

Mbappe moved to Monaco where he made his name before a switch to PSG in 2017.