Former French Ballon d’Or, Jean-Pierre Papin, thinks Kylian Mbappé will have to reinvent himself if he wants to stay at the same level as now.
Whether he plays for club or national team, Kylian Mbappé continues to impress everyone. Last Saturday, the Bondynois managed to reach an important mark, with 300 career goals. Considering he is only 24 years old, this is an incredible accomplishment.
Papin praises Mbappé but…
The greatest players in history bow down to this performance. And this is particularly the case of the former French Ballon d’Or, Jean-Pierre Papin. Asked about the Bondynois in The Teamhe emphasized that a “such precocity, such regularity, is rare, almost unique.” “The bar is so high and every time he pushes it. The question is: can he do more? “, he added.
A question to which he took it upon himself to answer by blurting out: “I think yes, that he is someone who, without injury, can achieve a career of scoring, over the next few seasons, between 45 and 55 goals per year for years. Above all, he must not set himself any objectives or limits.”
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For Papin, Mbappé can reach 1000 career goals.
Given his current total, how many goals will Mbappé be able to accumulate at the end of his professional career? ” Thousand. No, I’m wrong, replied JPP. But Kylian is the one who will simply decide. Having been around him a little, I know that he breathes football, that he prepares well. I wish him to double his goal total within four to five years.”
“He will lose speed”
While wishing the best to Mbappé, and indicating that “the best is necessarily to come” for him, Papin still warned that the French star will experience a decline in certain areas. “He may lose a little speed, but he will still be faster than many. A player with his game intelligence will play shots differently, with the experience of someone who has experienced these situations dozens and hundreds of times. And then there is something that must not be forgotten, it is his last gesture. And he will always have that.”
