Yeh I’d say Mbappe is the 23-28 version of Ronaldo, with similar dribblings/runs and approach to shoot, maybe less goals but still very good numbers, but without the ariel ability and long shots/free kicks.
He’s better, by strictly having more to his game. People here love Haaland because the Cafe loves a traditional brute force striker and he’s as freakish as they come in that sense, truly all time level potentially.
Mbappe is better. He's mostly also all end product but he can do more on his own. Haaland is a pure poacher who is otherwise very limited.
Mbappe is no magician. But he's a better overall footballer than Haaland.
True but he does need to move to the prem/la liga to ever be put up there with Messi, Ronaldo etc.
Thanks for confirming.
If he played for City?
I don't know, it depends on the Champions League. You see some people here slating De Bruyne for not winning the CL despite being dominant in the PL. If he won a few CLs with PSG to go with the World Cup, that could be enough. When it comes to awards and rating players, it's the World Cup/Euros/Champions League that matters most.
You mean the social media fans right? Because playing in an elite league week in week out is a huge part of being a top player. Yes there are fans who obsess only over CL / WC and G / A but they're nutters anyway.
Depends on who he'd play for and he would defo have goals and assists
That's the only time the top players and teams come together so of course they matter.
This is true. He could score 300 goals and not win Ballon d'Or in France. At Real Madrid or Barcelona he would be guaranteed it. But that is because of pure politics and bullshit.
A new contract imminently taking him to not far off their salaries
Mbappe is pretty much the new Ronaldo.
This.
Mbappé is Ronaldo and Haaland is Aguero/Higuain/Falcao/Lewandowski. There is no Messi equivalent at the moment.
To an extent but I think Van Nistelrooy vs Henry is probably a better like for like than Messi vs Ronaldo. Mbappé has some aspects of them both but is more like Brazilian Ronaldo with his devastating pace and overall game. Haaland is a pure striker that Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't until his later 30s.
Mbappe is a final form Rashford.
Rashizard??
Don't think these different situations are comparable to be honest. There's no need for such analogies. Mbappe is Mbappe and Haaland is Haaland. I don't see any necessary parallels from either one with Messi or Ronaldo to make such a statement.
I think this is a more reasonable approach but still not appropriate. In any case, the last statement is absolutely true. Most likely there never will be another Messi again.
There is a pretty good reason to do it. Stylistically it's pretty clear that Mbappé modeled his game on Ronaldo's, while Haaland is a more traditional prolific striker. Messi is an hybrid that has no known current/future version.
There will be better eventually, I have no doubts about that.
How? He's really fast and thats where the comparisons end. He barely uses any tricks like R9 did or Henry.
Did he really model his game on Ronaldo's or did he model his game on a lof of different players and shaped it to get more and more efficient? He might have modeled his game on parts of the game which made Ronaldo strong.
I sometimes get carried away when I think about Messi, because he's so brilliant. I should have added *in our lifetime (I am 32 years old) and I would stand by that statement, even in hindsight.
That's only because Haaland is Norwegian in my honest opinion.
