After winning the golden boot for the third time in a row in Ligue 1 and enjoying another stellar season, the 22-year-old heads into the European Championship as one of the best players in the game.
Mbappe is already a global superstar
Gary Lineker believes that Kylian Mbappe can reach the same levels as Cristiano Ronaldo but is confident that Lionel Messi’s talents put him on a different level than anyone else in the game can hope to achieve. After winning the golden boot for the third time in a row in Ligue 1 and enjoying another stellar season, the 22-year-old heads into the European Championship as one of the best players in the game. And Lineker feels that Mbappe, linked with a transfer to Los Blancos in the summer, is already a global phenomenon and may need to move to the La Liga giants to further his career. “Mbappe is already a world superstar who is most likely to jump in the shoes of Cristiano Ronaldo, but not Leo Messi – he can do things that others simply cannot,” Lineker told reporters.
Kylian could continue to do things with big rumours about Real Madrid
“Talented-wise, there’s no doubt. It’s more about whether he has the same drive to sustain his career for 17, 19 years like the two of them. It’s wonderful, and it takes something special to do that. Skilful, he could continue to do these things with big rumours about Real Madrid. Does he need to move on from PSG to realise his ambitions of greatness? Maybe I don’t know, but I don’t think it will distract him from the tournament itself. It always is about the next generation. We saw it in the Champions League, but I think it was more than Barcelona and Juventus had weak teams in transition at the moment. Messi, this calendar year, has scored more and got more assists than anyone else. Ronaldo is still banging in loads of goals. They are phenomenal.”
“We saw Erling Haaland and Mbappe play in the Champions League, and we’ll see it again at the Euros, with Mbappe. Hopefully, with one or two England guys like Phil Foden, Mason Mount and Jadon Sancho also doing well. I love Sancho, and I think people will be surprised how good he is without watching so much foreign football. I am also excited about Jude Bellingham, Nicolo Barella. There is also a lot of quality within the France squad.”