If Kylian Mbappé is still having a great season, he has seen two serious competitors for the golden ball appear in recent years: Erling Haaland and Vinicius Junior. However, Diego Simeone puts the Frenchman above the lot, wanting his arrival in La Liga more than anything.
After the Cristiano Ronaldo-Lionel Messi era, he embodies the present and the future of world football. Kylian Mbappé is the current big star, in France and around the world. This season, he has taken another step forward in the eyes of football fans. Irresistible in Ligue 1, he left his mark on the 2022 World Cup with 8 goals including a hat-trick in the final. But his great performances have been somewhat overshadowed since the start of 2023. The fault of two men: Erling Haaland and Vinicius Junior. With Manchester City and Real Madrid, they performed in the Champions League while Mbappé quickly fell by the wayside with PSG. With 51 goals in 52 games, Haaland has established himself as the benchmark for European goalscorers.
Simeone is a fan of Mbappé, the best in his eyes
If Mbappé is the best in Ligue 1, Haaland dominates the best championship in the world, the Premier League. What place him above the French for some observers. However, this is not the case for Diego Simeone. The Atlético Madrid technician has proclaimed his love for the kid from Bondy whom he considers superior to Haaland and Vinicius. ” With what he is doing, Vinicius can become a next Ballon d’Or. He’s a boy who has improved a lot and he’s one of those players who can win you a game on their own. But between him and Mbappé, Mbappé 100%. 100 %. (…) Between Mbappé and Haaland? Mbappe. He is an extraordinary player who does everything well, at only 24 years old. This is madness “, he dropped in the program El Partidazo radio Cadena COPE.
🗣🥹 Diego Simeone on his preference between Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland:
“Between Mbappé and Haaland? Mbappé. He’s an extraordinary player who does everything well, at only 24 years old. It’s madness.” ❤️🇫🇷
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Such admiration that El Cholo even dreams of seeing Mbappé come to strengthen the ranks of his club’s historic rival, Real Madrid. ” We cannot recruit him (at Atlético). Real Madrid always recruits the best players. For the Spanish Championship, if Mbappé comes to Real and Messi comes back to FC Barcelona, it would be fantastic “, he added. Coming from this pure Argentinian, we could not have hoped for a better tribute for Kylian Mbappé. Above all, it is proof that La Liga is waiting for the French star more than ever. Diego Simeone will probably have to wait until the summer of 2024 to be satisfied.
