Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini believes Kylian Mbappe will be the player to pick up the mantle left by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when they retire, with the Paris Saint-Germain youngster superior to team-mate Neymar in the eyes of the Italian.
A veteran of nearly 20 years at the top of the game, Chiellini has come across all the world’s leading centre-forwards and has revealed that he was awestruck the first time he saw Mbappe.
Indeed, he believes the 21-year-old has already eclipsed Neymar, who became the world’s most expensive ever player when he moved from Barcelona to PSG for a fee of €222 million (£198m/$258m) in the summer of 2017.