At the heart of the news for several weeks between his multiple declarations on the Ballon d’Or, his injury with the French team or his trip to a nightclub in Paris, Kylian Mbappé is experiencing a start to the season at 100 miles an hour. The French international has scored 9 goals in as many matches in all competitions and is starting with similar standards to last season.
Mbappé is not unanimous
A season that he hopes will be rewarded with the Ballon d’Or. The 27-year-old makes no secret of it: he is convinced he deserves this award. But not everyone seems to be of the same opinion. Starting with Pascal Ferré, former boss of France Football and the Ballon d’Or. He particularly deplores the absence of a collective trophy won by the former Parisian.
“In the list of thirty, there must be three or four who have not won any trophies. Including Kylian Mbappé. I don’t see how the best player in the world can miss out on all the collective trophies”he said in an interview with Ouest-France.
Goals but no trophy
To plead his case, Mbappé above all highlighted his individual exploits. With 42 goals in 44 matches for Real Madrid, he finished top scorer in La Liga and the Champions League. He also stood out with the Blues by finishing top scorer in the World Cup with 10 goals. But he did not win any of these three competitions.
And for Pascal Ferré, having won the World Cup or the Champions League is an essential criterion. “I think a World Cup is as important as a Champions League. No more, no less. These are the two standard events in a seasonhe continued. “Afterwards, we remain in subjectivity. But for me, the better player won one of the two. If he didn’t win either of them, even though he scored goals everywhere, that leaves me wanting more. In my idea of what the best player in the world should be. » The former boss of Ballon d’Or indicated that personally, he would vote for Lamine Yamal.
