In an interview with Spanish publication Marca, the 19-year-old stated that while it was “amazing” to meet his former idol, the France international no longer looks up to the Portuguese superstar as his hero due to the fact that the two are competitors in world football.

“I am a competitor and a person who is very competitive and all I want to do is win, win, win,” he is quoted as saying. So it doesn’t really matter who is in front of us, we want to win. I admired him when I was younger, but that ended.”

The ten-time-capped France international midfielder is currently plying his trade on loan at PSG on loan from parent club Monaco, with an eventual full transfer fee rumoured to be worth in the region of €180 million; making him the second-most expensive player in the world, behind teammate Neymar.

Mbappe has gone from strength to strength with the French champions this term, scoring eight times in 14 appearances and coming a close second behind Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante in the poll for French Footballer of the Year 2017. He also stormed into the top ten in the prestigious Ballon d’Or awards earlier in the year, placing in a very respectable seventh. However, the youngster had to watch his childhood hero Cristiano Ronaldo win his fifth straight title, admitting to Marca: “From someone who has won five Ballon d’Ors you can learn a lot.”

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Ronaldo surely did not score in every game he played, but in the Premier League – much regarded as the toughest league in the world – he hit 31 goals in 34 appearances. According to statistics, Cristiano Ronaldo started 31 times and finished the season with 31 goals; which gives an average of one goal per game as a starter.

Consequently, in a way or another, Ronaldo proved to the world that it is possible to bag an outrageous number of goals in modern-day soccer, without even being a striker.

Can anyone beat Ronaldo to this achievement? Surely no, and it is certainly not Messiâ€s choice for the Ballon dâ€Or Award, Sergio Aguerro, who can stand as a challenger.

The Barcelona playmaker chose his club mate rival and compatriot Aguerro as the right person to lift the prestigious France Football Magazine Award later in December.

“Who would I give the award to? I would give it to Aguerro, but I think Torres and Xavi deserve it too.” Messi told La Gazetta Dello Sport.

Quite a strange opinion there from Messi, which may raise some debates over who really deserves the accolade as well as over what is Messiâ€s real personality…

Either he is more the patriotic young man that every Argentine would be proud of, either he is the kind of insincere person that some will not appreciate as bad memories from an Atlético Madrid supporter point of view recall humiliating defeats in the hands of Barcelona, like last yearâ€s 3 – 0 lost or last timeâ€s 6 – 1 rout.

In a more direct way, is Messi not revealing the jealousy he may have against Ronaldo, as he even dared to ignore more or less Ronaldoâ€s marvellous form last season?

Either way, there are very few chances for Aguerro to be short-listed among the final three in contention for the Ballon dâ€Or. Messi himself – who avowed he would give anything for the Ballon dâ€Or – is a strong favourite to win the price. He is probably the strongest contender to compete against the reigning European and FIFPro Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo.

As for the Portuguese Star winger, it is self-belief and confidence – two key mental powers – that help him believe there is no serious challenger but himself, for the remaining awards.

Written by: Angela Asante

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