Kylian Mbappe - the next big thing in football?

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Kylian Mbappe. Now property of PSG. Never there has been so much hype on a young prodigious footballer. His rise has been meteoric, and the future for him is bright. Let's hope he don't flop like Freddy Adu!

Mbappe's profile

• Born in Bondy, a suburb of Paris, on 20 December 1998
• He had a trial at Chelsea but joined Monaco in 2013
• Made debut in December 2015 - beating Thierry Henry's 21-year record to become Monaco's youngest ever player aged 16 years, 347 days
• First player in history to score in each of his first four Champions League knockout games
• Netted 15 times in 29 Ligue 1 matches in 2016-17
• With 26 goals and 11 assists in 44 matches last season, he scored or created a goal for every 71 minutes he played

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