Kylian Mbappé, the one chosen by one of the greatest football legends

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, brought to light his devotion to the French footballer, Kylian Mbappé, who today is on everyone's lips, even at the greatest in history. The French international striker is one of those chosen to dominate world football for the next 10 years and has been recognized by Pelé. With his exhibition at the Camp Nou, he showed that he is already in a position to take over from Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Mbappé can become my heir, and I'm not kidding," O'Rei Pelé told Sportweek. "I can see in his ability to play with speed. He is an attacker who thinks fast. When the ball arrives, he already knows what to do, he already has in mind where to go and how to guide the game to find the best solution. These are also characteristics important in today's football. And then Kylian is also fast in the race and dribbling, as I was", he assured.

It is not the first time that Pelé has dedicated words of praise to Mbappé. In April 2019, the Brazilian had already praised the young soccer player: "Mbappé, he is intelligent, fast and unpredictable. Many players are technically good, but he plays unpredictably. He deserves to win the Ballon d'Or. He envies me, that's why try to imitate me. But it's good for young players to score goals".

Another of the characters who thinks about Mbappé is Jean-Pierre Papin, winner of the Golden Ball in 1991, who does not hesitate to place him as the main favorite for the title next year. In addition, the journalist Alessandro Grandesso highlights the incredible numbers of the PSG player despite being only 22 years old. "Mbappé already scores more than Messi and Ronaldo at the same age. At 22 years and 70 days, Leo and CR7 had scored 17 and 2 goals respectively in the Champions League, against 24 of the world champion. And the gap is even greater if we look at the league goals: 98 Mbappé, 54 Messi and 34 Ronaldo. Figures that prove that Pelé is right", he concluded.