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Neymar and Mbappe are future Ballon d'Or winners - Buffon

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon believes two of his former team-mates at Paris Saint-Germain will be fighting it out to win the Ballon d’Or in years to come.

The legend of Italian football, who returned to Serie A this season after a seasonl with PSG, thinks Neymar and Kylian Mbappe will be the new Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, in that they will both be in the mix for the individual gong.

Speaking in an interview with Eurosport, the 41-year-old shot-stopper rained praise on forward pair.

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“During my season at PSG I had the chance to play with two future Ballon d’Or winners,” he said.