Quote from: emrecemsan on Today at 02:21:09 PM

Quote from: mv1986 on Today at 12:55:25 PM

At Real Madrid I think Mbappe could become a 50+ goals striker.

I agree with your argument. By the way, Lionel Messi is still holding the top scorer record in a season in the La Liga with 50 goals.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-goals-scored-in-a-season-in-the-top-division-of-spanish-football

It isn't impossible for Mbappe to break this record absolutely. He is a goal machine when he plays under a strong system. Ancelotti can give him exactly what he wants. Real Madrid couldn't have a this productive striker since Benzema left. Now they finally have another great scorer.

Mbappe has different playing style than Benzema too. I think he can be way more useful for Real Madrid in the long run.

It is all correct, but in my opinion Messi is quite a lot superior to Mbappe. I doubt that he will ever reach Messi's numbers no matter what club he is ever going to play for. Free kicks have almost been like penalties for Messi. That's a big difference already. Dribblings are amazing by Mbappe, but I have never seen him play 1 vs 7 and still win and score. When Messi received the ball in is own half, it was instantly a threat for the opponent because he has proven over and over again that he can go all the way and score. Legendary goal against Real Madrid in the Champions League. Legendary goal against Athletic Bilbao when he defeated like 5 or 6 players with dribblings in a small space.

Mbappe is superior when he has a lot of space and can come with his speed. But the truth is that most of the time you don't have that when you play in strong teams. Messi with his body balance and low center of gravity, and his ultimate will to never fall down is probably the best player there ever was when spaces were small. And as I said, most of the time spaces are small because the opponents mostly focus on defending. I doubt that Mbappe would ever score 50 goals in 38 games. That doesn't mean I don't love him as a player. He is incredible.

But as Ibrahimovic once said: Ronaldo is the best on planet Earth, but Messi is out of this world.

Still though in the Champions League Real Madrid will be playing against strong teams at some point and that's where Mbappe will turn into a true weapon. For example, if they were up against Manchester City, that's a team trying to control the gameplay. That means more space for Mbappe and then he is deadly.