Overview
- Mbappé told Sorare that Real Madrid is the greatest club in the world and added the caveat “apart from Barça fans,” a line that has been widely shared online.
- He pushed back on the idea that Lionel Messi is pure talent while Cristiano Ronaldo is pure hard work, saying that view shows the speaker has never trained daily.
- The forward singled out his hat-trick at the Santiago Bernabéu against Manchester City as his best Real Madrid performance to date.
- Mbappé said he avoids rewatching France’s 2022 World Cup final loss because it would “wake demons,” and he expressed a wish to face Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar at the upcoming tournament.
- The comments come while he prepares for the World Cup, during a period when he has a high scoring record for Real Madrid but has not won a major club trophy since leaving PSG, and they have sharpened fan debate about his legacy and the club’s expectations.