The Latest Breaking News from Kylian Mbappé

It’s Lionel Messi vs. Kylian Mbappé again, this time for the FIFA Best Men’s Player award for 2022. Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain and France’s superstar forward head the three-player shortlist announced by FIFA on Friday, eight weeks after leading their teams in an epic final in Qatar. Karim Benzema completed…

It almost seems choreographed. Just as Paris Saint-Germain enter the run of games that usually defines the success of their season, a key player suffers an injury. Normally it's Neymar. But he's already out. For early February 2023? Hobble forward Monsieur Kylian Mbappé.

Kylian Mbappé missed a penalty and limped off injured as PSG beat Montpellier, while Barcelona went eight points clear at top of La Liga with a win at Real Betis

Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti marked his return to competitive action after nearly a month out injured with a 15-minute cameo against Reims in which he helped set up his side's goal and was then dismissed for a crude challenge.

Fittingly, a rumbustious Breton derby launched the second half of the Ligue 1 season with seventh-placed Lorient entertaining fifth-placed Rennes at the Stade du Moustoir.

Argentina and PSG forward was the clear winner, 10 years after his first triumph, but younger players are upwardly mobile

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