Alessandro Grandesso, journalist, spoke in Sports week (a supplement to the Sports Gazette), on Kylian Mbappé, a 22-year-old striker from Paris Saint-Germain. He compared at the same age, the statistics of the two behemoths Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi with those of Parisian Number 7 at the same age. Moreover for Grandesso, Mbappé at PSG represents a lot for the Emir of Qatar in view of his World Cup at the end of 2022.
Grandesso « And the gap is even greater if we look at the goals in the league “
“Mbappé already scores more than Messi and Ronaldo at the same age. At 22 years and 70 days, Leo and CR7 had scored 17 and 2 goals respectively in the Champions League, against 24 for the world champion. And the gap is even greater if we look at the league goals: 98 Mbappé, 54 Messi and 34 Ronaldo. “
These are statistics that speak for themselves. Mbappé is a precocious player and already one of the greatest in the world when he is only 22 years old and what is more, he is not having a great season in the game. More goals in the Champions League and in the league, compared to Ronaldo’s 11 Golden Balls and Messi, that says a lot about the potential of the youngster Bondy.
If we look more closely, at 22 years and 70 days, Ronaldo is very far behind in number of goals (he now holds quite a few records in this area) and Messi has lower stats too, to a lesser extent, but this is still significant. Because if Mbappé manages to make half of the careers of his two friends, it will already be extraordinary, but he is hungry, he left to do better.
Of course, we can hear the fact that playing with PSG in Ligue 1 can help. But La Liga’s defenses aren’t much stronger than in France. Also, Messi and Ronaldo did not play in small clubs. We can count the passage of the Portuguese to Sporting Portugal, but it is a major club in a league no more impressive than Ligue 1.
The Italian journalist then spoke about the future of the French international.
Grandesso « Mbappé has since become much more than a simple testimony«
“The Emir of Qatar would prefer to reach his World Cup, scheduled for the end of 2022 and the first in history in an Arab country, with a PSG still of high level, filled with stars. Mainly with Mbappé. Pochettino’s team remains in fact the international showcase of the soft power policies of the small state of the Middle East and Mbappé has since become much more than a simple testimony. “
Of course PSG would like to keep Mbappé at least until the World Cup in Qatar. It is the image of the country that is at stake and they seem ready for all the follies to ensure that their showcase is as shining as possible. With this in mind, the presence of Kylian Mbappé is paramount. For the rest, we do not know, but for now, there is no doubt that everyone is active behind the scenes to keep a competitive team. The extension of Mbappé is long overdue, unless the young Frenchman has other plans. We will know more very quickly, Leonardo having asked the Parisian number 7 to decide quickly enough on his future desires.
