THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS
It’s been a long season for Kylian Mbappe. Ask him, and he feels like he’s played non-stop for the past two years. Considering that there were only 28 days between last season’s Champions League final defeat against Bayern Munich and Mbappe’s first appearance of the new campaign – already delayed for three games because he contracted coronavirus at the beginning of September – you can see his point.
The 22-year-old has played a lot, scored a lot, won a lot and even lost a fair bit as well. But everything can change now. If Paris Saint-Germain’s young superstar leads France to Euro 2020 glory this July, the perception of his entire being will shift: his performances, his season, his impact on French football... his place in world football’s pantheon of modern greats. In a year where Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are nowhere near favourites for the Ballon d’Or, Mbappe still has a huge card to play.
As a big basketball and NBA fan, Mbappe knows he is now entering the money time of the season – season. The tyro will approach
