Kylian Mbappé don collect di Onze d’Or award, after readers of French magazine Onze Mondial pick am as di best player of di 2025/26 season. Di Real Madrid forward poll 48.2% of di votes, pass João Neves wey get 11.9% and Kvaratskhelia wey get 10.8%. Na di first time wey e go win di trophy for im career.
Di award come after Mbappé finish as top scorer for di last Champions League and La Liga. E also win di Golden Boot for di 2026 World Cup and become di all-time top scorer for World Cup history.
After di award, Mbappé yarn im human side for interview and start by yab di idea say e be perfect boy. E joke say anybody wey think say e perfect no get television. E talk say e don show time and again say e fit do stupid things, and e dey okay with that.
E argue say television dey twist how people see am. According to am, nobody really know you through television, and that na why sometimes analysis no dey match reality. E give example say if dem ask am to judge actor wey e only see for film, im opinion fit completely opposite to how di person really be. Na why e no dey pass judgment, because e don experience going to di other side of di screen and e know how e be.
Mbappé still defend im talk say e be di best for di world, one phrase wey no dey always understood for France. E talk say e understand everything, e know di history and culture of im country, so e know wetin e fit cause when e talk like that. E say when e talk am, na because e think am and na motivation. To do great things, you no fit enter field dey think say others better pass you; that go be setting limit for yourself.
E claim say doubt na wetin dey push am to stay long for elite level. You no dey become player wey last that long if you no think, reflect, or doubt, e talk. E say doubt important because e dey allow you improve yourself and no rest on laurels. E dey constantly reflect on wetin e fit do, wetin e don do, and wetin e dey do. More than a decade after im debut, Mbappé rate im career a ten for di interview.
