Football legend Pele has tipped Kylian Mbappe to match his extraordinary achievements.
Pele won the World Cup three times as well as guiding Santos to six Brazilian league titles and two Copa Libertadores in a glittering playing career that ended in 1977.
Kylian Mbappe has a long way to go to coming close to matching Pele but made a promising start by playing a leading role in France’s World Cup success in Russia.
“He won the World Cup at 19, I was only 17,” said Pele, who shot to prominence as a teenager in Brazil’s World Cup success of 1958.
“I teased him saying he had almost equalised.
“I think he can become the new Pele. Many people think I say that for a laugh, but no, it’s not a joke.”