Frenchman Kylian Mbappé pointed out that footballers precisely do not have to be friends to achieve success
Kylian Mbappé, the French international who is currently a Paris Saint-Germain player, spoke about his career in an interview published by the magazine Esquire Spain in which he stated that “France is not the best world championship“But despite this, being an” iconic player “he has always felt” the responsibility of helping this league grow. “
The 22-year-old footballer, who defines himself “a modern striker who can play anywhere“, He stated that his professional ambitions are” to win everything “and that in a profession like that of the footballer, in which there is a constant pressure on the protagonists, for him:” the day to day is easy “.
Kylian believes that great footballers need a great ego and that is why he thinks humility is not enough. “In high-level football, no one will make a hole in you or tell you that you are capable of doing things. The ego, self-love, is not only a whim of the stars, it is also the will to overcome , to give the best of oneself “, assured the former Monaco player who every time he enters the field he says to himself:” I am the best “.
Despite this, Mbappé, born in Bondy – a suburb located in the northwest of Paris – admits that his now PSG teammate Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are still above the rest. “If you tell yourself that you will do better than them, it goes beyond ego or determination: it is lack of awareness. These players are incomparable, they have broken all the laws of statistics. They have had ten, fifteen extraordinary years“, Said the athlete of Algerian and Cameroonian descent.
As for Neymar, his partner in the attack on the Parisian club noted that he had to explain to him ‘the French mentality’ and the difference with the Brazilian’s lifestyle. “In Brazil they are more festive, in France more serious, here it is not considered good to show your passions, people will think that (Neymar) neglects PSG because he plays poker and I think he has started to understand it. At first it was difficult for him because he lived it as an offense. When he arrived they put his face on the Eiffel Tower and six months later they ask him why he plays poker. In France, people know what you have but don’t need to see it. They just want to see you play football, smiling, “he emphasized.
On the inevitable comparison with the Norwegian Erling Haaland as a search for the successors to the throne they have occupied in recent times, Messi and CR7, Mbappé calls for patience. “It’s his second year, we’re getting to know him, it’s the beginning for him. I was glad for him, for what he’s doing,” he added.
In relation to their greatest achievement, the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Mbappé stressed that having a young squad helped them face this tournament more calmly and that a football team is not necessarily a group of friends. “We were totally carefree, we were just a group of colleagues (…) Just like the baker doesn’t get along with all the bakers. You don’t have to dine with your teammates every night to win“, He specified.
After this success it accepted his condition of celebrity and national hero considering itself a star because their face is in many places of the city and the world. “Being a star is a status, but it doesn’t make me a better person than others,” Kylian expressed, though he stated that this has also been a conditioning factor for his personal life: “It takes a lot of organization just to go out and do a volt “.
Kylian Mbappé Lottin, the man that Real Madrid wants to wear white soon, has already scored a goal with PSG at the start of the 2021-22 Ligue One season and is still waiting to define a future that , despite the doubts that the market may present, for now remains in France.