Chapter 44: What's the Point of Betting If You Know the Outcome? (Extra)

About the information disparity between football scouts and fans, there's a classic example.

That is Mbappé.

Before he became famous at Monaco, even before the 2018 World Cup, how many fans knew about Mbappé?

Very few!

Even if they did, what about before Mbappé transferred to Monaco?

But in reality, insiders knew of a genius young player named Mbappé when he was not even ten years old.

When Mbappé tried out for Chelsea at fourteen, Chelsea was undecided, hoping he would try out again.

Mbappé's mother was furious, resolutely stating that this was impossible, saying it was an insult to them, and claimed that even if Chelsea offered fifty million in five years' time, they wouldn't come.

After learning about this incident, many people said that Mbappé's mother was overbearing!

Her son had not yet become famous, and she already acted like a superstar, which was off-putting.

But is that really the case?

Of course not.