Kylian Mbappe snubs Cristiano Ronaldo for Lionel Messi regardless of bed room posters

With a staggering 12 Ballon d’Ors between them, the 2 forwards have lengthy been thought to be the main gamers within the trendy sport, significantly on the peak of their powers in La Liga when Ronaldo was hitting the glory path with Real Madrid and Messi turned Barcelona’s all-time file goalscorer amid a interval of unparalleled success.

Messi lately reached the top of his profession after captaining Argentina to World Cup glory in 2022, after beating France on penalties in a surprising Qatar ultimate. And though Mbappe ended up on the shedding facet that day, regardless of scoring a hat-trick, the Paris Saint-Germain star seems to have switched his stance on who’s soccer’s biggest participant.

Mbappe’s teammate Messi lately introduced that he could be becoming a member of Inter Miami on the expiry of his contract with the Ligue 1 Champions. It shouldn’t be news that Mbappe has taken calmly.

He advised La Gazzetta dello Sport: “We are talking about potentially the best player in the history of football. It’s never good news when someone like Messi leaves. Personally, I don’t understand why so many people were so relieved that he was gone. We are talking about Messi. He needs to be respected, and instead he didn’t get the respect he deserved in France. It’s a shame, but that’s how it happened. We will have to do what we can to replace him.”

By holding his now former teammate in the highest regard possible, Mbappe is singing a different tune to the one he played earlier in his career.

As per The Mirror, the PSG striker’s father had previously revealed that Ronaldo was one of his son’s heroes in football. Speaking back in 2016, Wilfried Mbappe said: “He [Mbappe] is a Real Madrid fan and his idol is Cristiano Ronaldo. He used to spend hours watching movies [of Ronaldo] on the web.”

The claims of Mbappe’s father were backed up by the French international’s former PSG teammate Abdou Diallo who said it was clear who he adored the most. Speaking in December 2022, Diallo said: “Cristiano Ronaldo is actually every little thing to Kylian Mbappe. If you point out Lionel Messi towards Cristiano, Mbappe will debate with you for not less than an hour. For him, Cristiano is untouchable.”

But Mbappe appeared to show his hand for the first time following The Best FIFA Awards ceremony in Paris, where Messis was named Best Men’s Player of the Year and was also named in the FIFPRO Men’s World XI alongside Mbappe himself.

The former Monaco striker wrote on Instagram: “Another trophy at dwelling. Big congratulations to @leomessi you might be #TheBest.”