Kylian Mbappe: I adored Cristiano when I was little but not any more

Kylian Mbappe: I adored Cristiano when I was little but not any more

Kylian Mbappé será uno de los protagonistas del Real Madrid - PSG
Kylian Mbappé será uno de los protagonistas del Real Madrid - PSG | AFP

The PSG forward says his passion for the Madrid forward has ended

PSG forward Kylian Mbappe could have gone to Real Madrid but eventually chose Paris, from Monaco. The player spoke in an interview with Marca about his former idol, Cristiano Ronaldo.

"He was the idol of my infancy and it was nice to meet him when I went to Valdebebas, but I am a competitor. And a competitive person wants to win, win and win. So it means little who is on front of us, we want to win." 

"I adored him (Ronaldo) when I was little, but that's over. I'm going to the Bernabeu to play and to win."

On Neymar, the former Barcelona player and now Mbappe's team-mate at PSG, he said that the Brazilian is not selfish. 

"People from outside see Neymar on the pitch but that's not hwat he's like. They see him dribbling and think he only wants to have fun, he's selfish, only thinks about himself. But when you share a dressing room with him you can see that it's nothing like that/. It's true he's a nice guy, very friendly and the first thing he wants is to play for the team.

"It's true his form of football is dribbling and you are not going to ask him to change that because he does it really well. Nobody dribbles like him, he's a player that can make us win titles and you have to take advantage of that."

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