Kylian Mbappe
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“We have to improve,”
Kylian Mbappe · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Mbappe admitted that Real Madrid need to improve amid criticism of the team's balance.
“I always want to score goals and win titles … you don’t have to choose, you can do both things.”
Kylian Mbappe · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Mbappe insisted that scoring goals and winning titles are not mutually exclusive.
“I have the feeling that it’s a good year for that, but there’s still a long time to go, and people are free to vote for whoever they think is the best player in the world.”
Kylian Mbappe · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Mbappe said he feels it is a good year to win the Ballon d'Or but noted voting remains open.
“But I could play dumb and tell you that I score more goals than [Dembele and Raphinha], and that they need to score more goals to be like me.”
Kylian Mbappe · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Mbappe responded to comparisons with Dembele and Raphinha by noting he scores more goals than them.
“A lot of people, when they see me in the street, talk to me about the Ballon d’Or, a lot of people talk about me as a possible Ballon d’Or winner … Of course, I made a lot of history this summer in the most important competition in sport, but we’ll see.”
Kylian Mbappe · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Mbappe acknowledged that many people see him as a possible Ballon d'Or winner after his historic World Cup summer.
“I’d take 30 goals with titles, yes, but… for me it’s an absurd debate,”
Kylian Mbappe · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Mbappe said he would accept scoring fewer goals if it led to trophies but called the debate absurd.
“Everyone is different, but I want to do things intelligently and say that of course I have to improve and all that, but I don’t like comparisons because I think I do a lot of things that others don’t do.”
Kylian Mbappe · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Mbappe said he does not like comparisons because he believes he does things other players do not.
“I think that when you play for Real Madrid, which is the best club in the world, naturally people associate you with that kind of award, they associate you with collective awards, individual awards,”
Kylian Mbappe · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Mbappe said it is natural for people to associate him with individual awards like the Ballon d'Or given he plays for Real Madrid.