Recently Mbappé praised Messi as the best in the world; now that he signed for Real Madrid, what he said about Cristiano

Kylian Mbappé had some great words about Lionel Messi in the past since the two were teammates at PSG. Now Mbappé is a Real Madrid player, and he had to speak highly about one of the biggest legends of the Spanish club, Cristiano Ronaldo. In a press conference for the French national team, Mbappé talked about Ronaldo’s message about the French star playing for Real Madrid next season. Mbappé said, “Cristiano Ronaldo is my idol. His message made me emotional.” The French player posted pictures of him when he was younger at Real Madrid and stated how happy he was about joining the club of his dreams. CR7 reacted to the post by leaving a motivational comment for Mbappé. Ronaldo wrote, “My turn to watch... excited to see you light up the Bernabéu. Hala Madrid!” Mbappé posted an old image of him when he was younger, meeting Ronaldo when he was playing for Real Madrid.

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Before Mbappé made his official move to Real Madrid, the French star praised Messi, the FC Barcelona legend. Even though he had Ronaldo as his idol, he considered Messi to be the greatest player in football history. Mbappé said, “We are talking about the best player in the history of football. It’s never good news when someone like Messi is gone.” The two players played together for two seasons at PSG, and they had a good relationship.

Messi and Mbappé played 67 matches together at PSG from 2021 to 2023. They both contributed with a joint goal participation of 34 goals at PSG. Together, they won two Ligue 1 trophies, a French Cup, and a French Super Cup. They continued to have a great admiration for each other after the intense 2022 World Cup Final in Qatar, where Argentina and France drew 3-3, but the Albiceleste won 4-2 on penalties.

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The crazy number of Ronaldo’s comment for Mbappé on Instagram

Many fans were happy to see CR7 leave a nice comment for Mbappé about making his move to Real Madrid. After a day of commenting on Mbappé's post, Ronaldo’s reply to Mbappe’s post reached 2.5 Million likes. Mbappé is seen to follow Ronaldo’s footsteps as the next star of Real Madrid for the next few years.