France captain Kylian Mbappe has insisted that he is in no personal battle with Lionel Messi. He recently had his say despite the pair continuing to climb the World Cup scoring charts, and fans have been reacting.
Dismissing suggestions of a personal rivalry with his former Paris Saint-Germain team-mate, Mbappe stated that Messi is a footballer who will always score goals.
Stressing that he does not watch what the Argentine does on the pitch, Kylian added that he is fully focused on his own team.
His words, “There is no saga [with Messi]. Leo has also scored, he scores and he will always score. I don’t watch what he does, otherwise I will have to do more. I only look at my team. When you score goals, you get closer to this sphere but I repeat: for me it’s more important to see our progression.”
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Kylian Mbappe Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the France national team. Regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is renowned for his dribbling abilities, exceptional speed, and finishing.
Kylian Mbappé Lottin was born on 20 December 1998 in the 19th arrondissement of Paris and was raised in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. His father, Wilfrid , is originally from Cameroon, and, as well as being his agent, is a football coach. His mother, Fayza Lamari, is of Algerian Kabyle origin and is a former handball player.
He has a younger brother, Ethan, who plays in the Paris Saint-Germain Academy. Their older adoptive brother, Jirès Kembo Ekoko, is a former professional footballer.
On 22 February 2018, Mbappé was joined by former African strikers George Weah and Didier Drogba in a meeting with French President, Emmanuel Macron and FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the Élysée Palace in Paris, which focused on a sports development project in Africa. Mbappé stated that the development of African sport is important to him due to his parents’ African origins.
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