02:00Now it's time for the new Real Madrid player, Kylian Mbappé!
02:10Kylian Mbappé!
02:29Good morning everyone!
02:31Good morning everyone!
02:38I'm going to try to speak in English.
03:01Alongside club president Florentino Pérez, Mbappé entered the stage set up at the Bernabeu to loud cheers by the Madrid fans.
03:09Wearing the number 9 jersey, Mbappé smiled broadly and waved to the fans who chanted his name,
03:15then embraced Pérez and former Madrid player and coach Zinedine Zidane,
03:19who invited Mbappé to visit the Spanish club for the first time when he was just a teenager.
03:25It's an incredible day for me, Mbappé told the crowd, in good Spanish.
03:30Since being a kid, I dreamed about playing for Madrid and today I'm here.
03:35It means a lot to me.
03:37Mbappé finished his speech by asking the crowd to join him and chant Hala Madrid,
03:42similar to what his childhood idol and now friend Cristiano Ronaldo did when he arrived at the club.
03:49Mbappé then kissed the club's shield and went around the Bernabeu kicking balls to the crowd in the stands.
03:55Now I have another dream, which is to live up to the history of this club, the best club in the world, he said.
04:01I'll give my life to this club and to this shield.
04:05The record 15 European Cups won by Madrid were on display on the stage where Mbappé was introduced.
04:12His relatives, club officials and several former players were also by the stage.
04:17I see my family happy, I see my mother crying, said Mbappé, who earlier Tuesday underwent his physical with Madrid's doctors.
04:25The message welcome Mbappé was shown on the large video boards at the newly revamped Bernabeu,
04:31which had its roof closed for the midday ceremony in the Spanish capital.
04:35Some of the club's most iconic moments were also shown while the song Nessun Dorma was played on the loudspeakers.
04:42Images of Mbappé's career were also displayed, as well as photos including Mbappé wearing Madrid's uniform as a kid and posing alongside former club star Ronaldo.
04:53It was a historic day for me and my family, Mbappé said later in his news conference, already wearing his suit and tie.
05:01It was even greater than I had expected it to be.
05:04It's a privilege and an honor to be a Real Madrid player.
05:08Pérez called Mbappé's presentation a historic act for the club.
05:13Today we welcome an exceptional player who today is fulfilling his childhood dream, Pérez said.
05:19Today you are here because it's something that you wanted.
05:23Thank you for making a great effort to be able to wear this white jersey.
05:27Kids linked to Mbappé's foundation were also on hand and Mbappé made a point to send a message to children everywhere.
05:35With passion and a dream, you can achieve anything you want, he said.
05:39I'm the one here today, maybe next time it can be one of you.
05:43Mbappé is a World Cup winner with France but is yet to win a Champions League, the club competition in which Madrid has been dominant in the last decade.
05:52There's no better place to win titles than at Real Madrid, he said.
05:57My priority is to get back to training and get adapted to the squad so I can help the team win.
06:03Mbappé met with coach Carlo Ancelotti and many of his new teammates before being introduced to the fans at the Bernabeu.
06:10He said his France teammates who play for Madrid and Brazil forward Vinicius Junior had been among those trying to get him to join the Spanish club.
06:19I'm excited to get to play with everyone, Mbappé said.
06:22I'll play wherever the coach wants me to play.
06:25I don't care about the position.
06:28Mbappé's presentation came after he played at the 2024 European Championship where France lost to eventual champion Spain in the semifinals.
06:37After years trying to sign the young player, Madrid finally reached a deal with him in June when he opted not to stay with Paris Saint-Germain and became a free agent.
06:47Mbappé had played club soccer only for French teams, first at Monaco before joining PSG and staying there for the past seven seasons.
06:56Perez made signing Mbappé a strategic club priority since the powerhouse failed to lock him up when he visited the club's facilities as a young teenager and instead joined Monaco's youth academy.
07:07In 2021, Madrid was rejected after offering PSG a bid of 180 million euros, the same amount PSG paid Monaco for a teenage Mbappé years earlier.
07:20I'm not going to talk much more because if I don't I won't be able to talk.
07:28I want to do something with you. I'm going to say one, two, three and we're going to say it together to Madrid, like a big family.
07:36One, two, three, to Madrid!
07:49FANS ROAR
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