And Mbappe this week features on Time magazine's front cover - only the fourth footballer in its 95-year history to do so. Despite missing out on a "normal" life most young men his age enjoy, Mbappe is "living the life he always dreamed of". But he is determined to stay grounded, donated his World Cup fee to charity and is close to his family. "My mother has always told me that to become a great football player, you must be before all a great man." Lionel Messi, Neymar and Mario Balotelli are the three other footballers to have appeared on the cover of Time.

Source: BBC October 12, 2018 10:56 UTC