Is Kylian Mbappe the heir to Messi's throne in football?

IKEJA, Nigeria - Jan. 10, 2023 - PRLog -- Kylian Mbappe did something no player has done at the World Cup for 56 years but it wasn't enough. His Paris St-Germain teammate got his fairytale ending in his final World Cup and handed the baton down to the 23-year-old Frenchman, as the heir to football's throne.

It's easy to forget how young Kylian Mbappé is. The Frenchman already has a CV many players could only dream of. He has won a World Cup, played in another final, scored 12 goals in only 14 games on football's biggest stage, is the second player ever to score a hat-trick in a men's World Cup final, and is now the sixth-highest scorer in tournament history. At 23 Mbappé also joined Brazil's Vava and Pele, France's Zinedine Zidane, and West Germany's Paul Breitner as the only players to score in multiple World Cup finals.

Players can have great campaigns and tournaments, inspiring their teams to silverware and notable accomplishments over several seasons. Mbappe's achievements with Paris Saint-Germain and France are evidence of that. It's the off-the-scale levels of consistency, coupled with the success that has spanned decades, which has set Ronaldo and Messi apart, and emulating that represents Mbappe's greatest challenge.

"What we mustn't underestimate with Ronaldo and Messi is their resilience; their consistency; the standards season in, season out; the number of games they have played; their toughness, mentally and physically, to withstand all the kicking they will have taken and the criticism they will have had; the pressure and scrutiny that is on them.

"Mbappe has 10 years before he can even think he is Ronaldo or Messi. Even if Mbappe gets to their level for one season, he will never surpass Ronaldo or Messi for at least 12 years, because he's got to do it over that length of time to be in the same conversation as them. Mbappe has got the attributes, he's got the star quality to do a 10-year run of 20, 30 goals a season. That is not even at the level of Ronaldo or Messi.

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