The head of the charity, Premiers de Cordee (First in Line), Sebastien Ruffin, says two weeks before France clinched the World Cup he was informed that Mbappe would give them his earnings from Russia.
Sports Illustrated estimated Mbappé’s wages to be about £17,000 ($AU30,000) a game, as well as a £265,000 ($AU470,000) bonus for winning the tournament. France played seven games throughout the World Cup, so Mbappé’s earnings most likely totaled just over $US500,000 ($AU677,000) – but he won’t see a penny of it.
Mbappe mentors the kids, and Ruffin said the player has "very good contact" with them: "I sometimes feel he gets more pleasure playing with kids than they do."
