Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé took a direct shot at FC Barcelona during a recent interview with Sorare.
“Apart from Barcelona fans, everyone knows that Real Madrid is the greatest club in the world. I think it’s clear to everyone. It is the club that embodies greatness,” the French forward said.
When asked to name the absolute peak game of his career so far, he pointed directly to a performance against the Blaugrana – a hat-trick he scored while playing for Paris Saint-Germain.
The conversation also
touched on the eternal debate between two icons who defined the modern era in el Clásico: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Mbappé pushed back against the common narrative that frames the rivalry as a battle of pure talent versus pure work ethic.
“Without condescension, that argument is something a guy who doesn’t play football says,” he said. “If you come and tell me that Cristiano does not have talent or that Messi has not worked hard, it is because you have not put on boots to go to train every day ever in your life.”
Having shared a dressing room with Messi and faced Ronaldo on the pitch, he noted that the two are simply entirely different profiles, from their dominant feet to their specific styles of vision and impact.
Speaking of Messi, he admitted that he still avoids watching replays of the 2022 World Cup final defeat where Argentina beat France. He said in general, the past means very little in football anyway.
“In football, people are very amnesiac,” he explained. “You could have won everything, and the next day they have already forgotten.”
