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.