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Patrick Hill, in Bondy

Kylian Mbappe escaped troubled neighbourhood to become France wonderkid and England worry

When French wonderkid Kylian Mbappe attempts to break English hearts in the World Cup quarter-final, he will have his whole country behind him.

He is already a superstar to millions of Les Bleus fans, as well as supporters of Paris Saint-Germain, the club he was a boyhood fan of and signed for £166million four years ago.

But in the deprived Parisian suburb of Bondy, where the 23-year-old was brought up in a tower block, cheers for his name will be louder and more heartfelt than anywhere.

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