BigFatCoward Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 7 hours ago, polishgenius said: Also: by the same age (roughly, I didn't check exact birthdays), Messi had 2 CLs and 2 Ballon d'ors, and Ronaldo was a slightly later bloomer but had 1 CL and 1 Ballon d'or. Like it's not impossible that Mbappe reaches that level. Many players do make a leap in quality or consistency at pretty much exactly 23/24 and if Mbappe does that he's in the stratosphere. Goals and assists per game Mbappe is ahead of Messi by a bit, and ahead of Ronaldo by a lot. He also has a world cup which I'd say is comparable to 2 CLs at least (otherwise why the knock on Messi until he won one). His problem will be can he win ballon d'or or CL without leaving PSG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denvek Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said: His problem will be can he win ballon d'or or CL without leaving PSG? I don't think so - PSG have all the money but they're not quite in the top tier of European clubs yet. Until they are (or Mbappe moves) he's going to have that asterisk against his name the way Messi did before his Copa America and World Cup wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 10 hours ago, Soylent Brown said: Mbappe is terrific, but he'll never reach Messi levels. https://external-preview.redd.it/ehYdyYJJl6liSROejWMhJFYjUCN04Kf8UNMjvIxbxt4.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=0fc77975a675b7cfaef6f15acdd55b9602085bf8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 2 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: Goals and assists per game Mbappe is ahead of Messi by a bit, and ahead of Ronaldo by a lot. He also has a world cup which I'd say is comparable to 2 CLs at least (otherwise why the knock on Messi until he won one). His problem will be can he win ballon d'or or CL without leaving PSG? Ballon d'or possibly. If France wins another major title with him being the main event, that could work. CL is probably trickier. Possible, but probably harder to achieve. PSG are big fish in the smaller pond, which is French football and the are few teams in Ligue 1 that can push them (and force them to grow), but there are bigger fish in the CL pool. When PSG are pretty much in cruise mode towards the end of the season, it's tougher mentally to switch things back on for the later stages of the CL, than still being in competition mode for the league anyway. Personally I think Mbappe would benefit from a move into a more competitive league out of his comfort zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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