When will Kylian Mbappé face brother Ethan in the Champions League with Real Madrid?

The draw for the league phase of the 2024/25 Champions League has thrown up a number of heavy-hitting ties, including Liverpool against Real Madrid, Barcelona hosting Bayern Munich and Manchester City’s visit to Juventus. However, there is also added intrigue to the current holders’ trip to French club Lille, which will see an Mbappé reunion take place.

One of the longest-running transfer sagas in recent memory - maybe ever - finally came to a conclusion this summer when Kylian Mbappé signed for Real Madrid on a free transfer having let his contact at Paris Saint-Germain expire.

The France captain netted on his debut for Los Blancos in the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta, but has so far struggled to find his best form in LaLiga, failing to score or register an assist in his opening three games in the Spanish top flight.

The 25-year-old will hope to have broken his duck by the time he makes his Champions League debut for Madrid against Stuttgart, we assume, on Tuesday, September 17, and certainly before their second clash of the league phase away to Lille on October 2.

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In that game in the north of France, Mbappé will go head to head with younger brother Ethan, who also left PSG this summer.

Although the 17-year-old also left the Ligue 1 champions on a free transfer, the circumstances were, of course, rather different. The left-footed central midfielder made only five appearances for the Parisians in all competitions before deciding his future lay elsewhere.

Since switching to Lille, the teenager has featured in six matchday squads out of six and taken to the field on three occasions, including making his first ever Ligue 1 start in the win over Angers last weekend. That suggests he will be in contention to play at some stage when his big brother comes to visit at the start of October.