On December 20, French Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe will turn 23 years old.
While Lionel Messi becomes 34 years old, Barcelona captain, on June 24.
Despite the large age difference, the comparison between the two stars is endless.
To be fair, we have to compare the two players' age to each other i.e. when Messi was approaching his 23rd year.
The beginning will be with Messi "the Bulga", who is considered one of the best players in the history of the round witch. In 2010 that is, when he was 23 years old, he won two golden balls (the third was in 2011) as the best player in the world, and won 4 titles in the League and two Champions League titles ( The third was the 2010-2011 season, in addition to a title in the European Super Cup and another in the Club World Cup, and he had scored 140 goals for Barca before he was 23 years old.
At the age of 22 years and two months, he scored 17 goals in the Champions League and scored another 7 in 33 matches.
However, he did not win any major title with his country, except for the gold medal in the Chinese Olympics in 2008, and the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2005.
According to the Scotsman Alley McCuest, "Mbappe will not reach the level of Messi, and I do not think for a minute that he will reach his skill in football. Messi is one of the best players in the planet. Mbappe is a wonderful and exceptional young man with a distinguished future, but I do not agree with who says that the French (star) will succeed in covering Messi has shined as a footballer. It is clear that Mbappe's career will be special and he will be a first-row player, but he will not be able to reach Messi's career. "
The former star concluded, "Messi dominated football for 15 years, and his average is more than 40 goals per season."
On the other hand, the French "Ripper" numbers indicate that he has won 10 local titles, including 4 league titles with Monaco and the Parisian team, and his most important achievement is winning the World Cup in Russia 2018 with the national team.
He also achieved several awards at the youth level, and his best position in the Golden Ball list came fourth in 2018, and he surpasses Messi in the number of goals he scored before reaching his twenty-third year, with a total of 154 goals.
Among these goals, the French youth scored 24 goals and scored 16 others in the Champions League.
For his part, former English football star Ashley Cole believes Mbappe is the best player in the world today, while Rio Ferdinand, former Manchester United captain, believes Mbappe will be "the successor to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the stadiums."