A Paris Saint-Germain legend already crowned with a Ballon d’Or sees Kylian Mbappé imitating him, whether at PSG or elsewhere…
Kylian Mbappé will soon celebrate his 25th birthday (on December 20) and he is missing a major individual achievement to truly enter the league of legends of his sport: the Ballon d’Or. Several times placed, never a winner, the Paris Saint-Germain striker will probably relentlessly hunt this Grail in the years to come. Only two players won their first Ballon d’Or after their time at PSG: George Weah and Ronaldinho. The latter, who gave an interview to AFP, is convinced that Mbappé can imitate him, whether in the Ile-de-France colors or elsewhere…
“A great player like him can have the opportunity to win the Ballon d’Or in any team, but as I like PSG, which is a great club, I would like him to do it with PSG . I hope he wins it. He is a good friend and a great player. I like his style of play”greeted the former attacking midfielder from Brazil, FC Barcelona and AC Milan in particular.
If Ronaldinho sees Kylian Mbappé soon become the sixth French player to hold the Ballon d’Or after Raymond Kopa (1958), Michel Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985), Jean-Pierre Papin (1991), Zinédine Zidane (1998) and Karim Benzema (2022), he also specifies that one of his successors in the hearts of the capital’s supporters will have to “win major competitions” to achieve this.
To do this, for example, it will be necessary to qualify for the final phase of the Champions League by beating Borussia Dortmund on the next day, and to offer the French team, of which he is captain, a championship trophy. Europe next summer. An Olympic gold medal, if PSG lets him participate in the competition, won’t be too much either…
