Questioned at length in the columns of The Gazzetta dello SportMichel Platini mentioned the Kylian Mbappé phenomenon (23 years old, Paris SG). “The heir to Messi and Ronaldo? Mbappe! He is very strong, super fast. Today, he is at the top”he blurted out. “I would say to the Avvocato (Gianni Agnelli, president of Juventus at the time): “take Mbappé! If you have the money of course”.
On today’s football, he made a very cold statement. “Me, I have no heir because there are no more No. 10s, but distant leaders like Jorginho and Pirlo. Maybe in today’s football I wouldn’t play…”he continued.