{"id":1095035,"date":"2019-06-23T13:02:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T12:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1095035"},"modified":"2019-06-23T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T12:26:40","slug":"mbappe-wants-champions-league-ballon-dor","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/mbappe-wants-champions-league-ballon-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbappe wants Champions League trophy before Ballon d&#8217;Or"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kylian Mbappe believes winning the Champions League and not the Ballon d&#8217;Or will see him remembered in history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old French marksman is considered by many as the man who will eventually succeed Lionel Messi as the premier world footballer.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The rise and rise of Mbappe: Five things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mbappe came through AS Monaco&#8217;s academy and made his senior professional debut aged 2016 in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>The striker went on to register 27 goals across 60 matches in all competitions before joining hometown club Paris Saint-Germain.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s now the most prolific teenage goalscorer in Champions League history (13 goals).<\/li>\n<li>Mbappe played a key role in Monaco reaching the 2016\/17 Champions League semi-finals.<\/li>\n<li>He became the second teenager, after Pel\u00e9, to score in a World Cup final (2018).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7291399-man-utd-s-galaxy-brain-move-trade-pogba-for-two-real-madrid-midfielders<\/p>\n<p>In a still young career, Mbappe has achieved so much, including three Ligue 1 crowns and he also played an instrumental role in France winning a second World Cup last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Following a prolific 2018\/19 campaign &#8211; 39 goals across 43 matches in all competitions &#8211; his name is among those in contention for the 2019 Ballon d&#8217;Or crown.<\/p>\n<p>However, as far as the Parisian is concerned, he would rather lift the European Cup as those who claim France Football&#8217;s prestigious award are not always looked upon favourably by the general public.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Should Liverpool Do Next? 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