As two global superstars at the opposite ends of careers which could go down as two of the finest in football history, fans have never had the pleasure of seeing Robert Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappe on the same team.
Had the latter had his way, though, they'd both be strutting their stuff for Paris Saint-Germain by now. Ahead of France and Poland's round-of-16 clash at the World Cup on Sunday, a story has emerged claiming that Mbappe met with Lewandowski in a bid to convince him to join PSG earlier this year.
According to French newspaper Le Parisien, the 23-year-old forward sat down with the Polish striker in Cannes on May 26, just a few days before the Monaco Grand Prix, which Lewandowski attended while he engineered a departure from Bayern Munich. Ultimately, the 34-year-old decided to sign for Barcelona, leaving Mbappe - who hasn't hidden his desire to play alongside a recognised No.9 like Lewandowski in Paris - bitterly disappointed shortly after committing his future to the Ligue 1 giants on a hugely-lucrative new deal.
