It’s no secret that 22-year-old Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé has the ambition to become the best player in the world. But to achieve this, you have to overtake players like Lionel Messi, 33-year-old FC Barcelona striker or Cristiano Ronaldo, 36-year-old Juventus scorer. In an interview with BT Sport, Thomas Tuchel coach of PSG from 2018 to 2020 now at Chelsea, spoke about this and believes that Mbappé must go in front of these players and not wait for them to end their career.
Tuchel “He is still young, he is still hungry, he is a shark in his mentality”
“They will never, never withdraw of their own accord. They will never back down on Messi and Ronaldo. If he wants to be there (Mbappé, editor’s note), he must dismiss them. If he wants to be there, he has to push them aside. Hats off to Nou Camp is a message and that is what he demands of himself. That’s his potential, that’s what he has in him. He’s still young, he’s still hungry, he’s a shark in his mind. He wants to grab everything he can have. That’s the mindset you need, and I mean it in the most positive way because he’s a nice guy in private and in person.
Tuchel “If there is a drop of blood in the water, they will come”
He’s a nice guy, super smart, super funny, but once on the pitch he’s a shark. That’s what the big guys are. If there is a drop of blood in the water, they come. It’s Kylian, and if he wants to get to the level of the guys you mentioned because they’ve been there for years and years and years. I don’t think they’re ready to walk away just because it’s happening. He has to take it. I think he will do anything to do it. ”, words relayed by Goal.
To be the best, you have to go beyond the best and not wait until, by a combination of circumstances, the latter are no longer in the race. Mbappé is certainly aware of this, he will undoubtedly do everything possible to show himself more and more efficient over the seasons and exceed this milestone. The performance he achieved at Camp Nou against FC Barcelona in the round of 16 of the Champions League (1-4) where he scored a hat-trick must not be sporadic.
Even if it is impossible to score a hat-trick in every UCL match, the international must be efficient and carry his team. It is mainly in this competition that he will mark the spirits, what he achieves in the league is also important, but will have much less impact than what he will do in the European Cup. It is therefore necessary that the international tricolor finds a consistency in this competition, in order to manage to climb alongside the greatest and perhaps even overtake them over the years.
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