Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Pele’s Compliment for Kylian Mbappe
By news-admin
Kylian Mbappe
DBasia.news – Brasil football legend Pele revealed that he is impressed with French young star, Kylian Mbappe. Pele thinks he might be his successor.
Kylian Mbappe keeps on creating the sensation since 2017. At that time, he was still the young player in AS Monaco.
Kylian Mbappe’s impressive performance with AS Monaco brought him as the target of Europe top clubs. PSG secured his service.
Kylian Mbappe showed his strength during the 2018 World Cup. Mbappe helped France national team to win the tournament in Russia.
Kylian Mbappe’s career makes him equalize what Pele did. The former Brasil national team striker agrees on that.
“He won the World Cup at nineteen, I was only seventeen,” Pele told France Football,” Pele said.
“I teased him saying he had almost equalized. I think he can become the new Pele!”
“Many people think I said that to laugh, but no, it’s not a joke,” Pele added.