Phenomenal talent and already one of the leading players in his position and could soon be overall (if he’s not already).
A friend told me last night: if you give him space, he’ll shoot. If you press him, he’ll dribble past you. If you double up on him, he’ll find the free man.
The bad decisions for Mbappe and Haaland being their choice of clubs. To the same extent, Bellingham too. Real Madrid took a tailor made box to box midfielder#8 and turned him into that second striker position.
Speaking of which, a few years ago they let one of the stars of their academy leave, a Guinean born kid called Ilaix Moriba. Unlike someone like Pedri who they brought in as close to a finished product, Moriba had been at their academy since he was a child. He made about 20 appearances for them in his breakout season, becoming one of their youngest ever goal scorers, but was let go the following summer as part of their desperate attempt to raise revenue to avoid sanctions. He is now at Celta and played at Barca a couple of weeks ago and got mercilessly racially abused by the Barca fans.