Kylian Mbappe is confident he will “win” the Ballon d'Or and insists he knows what he needs to do to win the prestigious individual award.
The Real Madrid striker has scored nine goals in his first 15 LaLiga appearances since joining Los Blancos from Paris Saint-Germain.
However, he has only found the net once in the first five games of Madrid's Champions League defense.
The Champions League is the title that has eluded Mbappe over the years, with the 2018 World Cup winner coming closest when he helped PSG reach the 2019/20 final before losing to Bayern Munich.
Nevertheless, the 25-year-old believes he is at the “best club” to win Europe's premier club competition, with other notable achievements on his wish list.
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“Which top trophy is left for me? The Champions League, that's why I'm at the best club,” Mbappé told Canal+.
“And the European Championships, and why wouldn't I go to the Olympics one day? Individual trophies count too, like the Ballon d'Or. I know what I have to do to win it, a lot of things on and off the pitch .If I do whatever it takes to win, I will win.”
Mbappe also addressed his recent omissions from Didier Deschamps' France squad for their Nations League campaign.
“The French national team has always been at the highest level of football,” he said. “My love for the French national team has not changed.
“Yes, I miss it because I haven't been there for a long time. In September I asked the coach not to go. I had just arrived in Madrid. I had a very short holiday. The coach insisted that I would go.
“After October I got injured, I was not on the list. I was talking to them and the coach told me it was better not to call me. He is the boss, I support him. I wanted to go , but I can't say why they didn't call me.”
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