Argentina great Diego Maradona praised Kylian Mbappe on Friday as “the revelation of football” after the French teenage sensation’s spectacular rise to stardom. “For me Mbappe is the revelation of football,” Maradona, the star of Argentina’s 1986 World Cup triumph, said in an interview with Spanish daily As. “He seems to me that he can be better than lots of players.”It has been a remarkable 2017 for Mbappe. “I said that to Florentino, sign Mbappe. '”Mbappe had reportedly been a target of Real, but the European champions were ultimately beaten to his signature by PSG.

Source: Punch December 15, 2017 11:26 UTC