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Matuidi: Mbappe has a great personality, like Ronaldo, Messi and Zlatan

Kylian Mbappe needs his great personality, just like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, according to France team-mate Blaise Matuidi.

Paris Saint-Germain star Mbappe has developed into one of the world's finest attacking players over the past three years and is one of the leading candidates to win this year's Ballon d'Or, having lifted three domestic trophies at club level and the World Cup in 2018.

Matuidi thinks the 19-year-old has the self-confidence and persona to become a true great in the game.

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"It is his personality. It's the player he is," Matuidi told a news conference when asked about Mbappe's forthright nature.