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Mbappé makes the cover of prestigious Time magazine
The PSG striker graces the cover of the latest international version of the revered current affairs magazine in a "next generation leaders" feature.
The star of Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team Kylian Mbappé appears on the front page of the new international edition of Time magazine published Thursday, the prestigious American magazine declaring that the striker is the "the future of football".
The 19-year-old who grew up in Bondy, a suburb of Paris, became the second most expensive player in the history of football, behind his Brazilian teammate Neymar (222 million euro) with PSG securing his services from AS Monaco for a fee of 180 million euro.
"Mbappé is much more than just an ordinary football player, his life epitomises the misery to riches cliche" with his formative years in the suburban neighborhoods of Paris surrounded by imposing tower blocks as the magazine claims that the footballer is one of the "leaders of the next generation".
Mbappe is a leading contender for the prestigious Ballon d'Or, which annually awards the best player in the world of football following his World Cup with this summer with the French national team in Moscow.
Just last weekend the teenager bagged four goals in the space of 13 minutes in the Ligue 1 tie against Olympique Lyon and the striker has established himself as a pivotal piece for the future of the France team.
