Leboeuf: Mbappe can never match Zidane

Leboeuf: Mbappe can never match Zidane

France legend Frank Leboeuf has said Kylian Mbappe he “cannot compare” to Zinedine Zidane in any GOAT debate surrounding French football.

According to the World Cup winner, even a second World Cup triumph and becoming Les Bleus’ all-time top scorer may not be enough to elevate the current Real Madrid star above the club’s iconic figure of the past.

“Definitely not. He cannot compare. It is difficult to compare careers and times as well. But what Zizou is capable of doing, on top of being a great player, the way he behaved - even if he had the 2006 mistakes - people love him,” Leboeuf told Goal.

“Kylian Mbappe had some controversies in his private life, which brought some anger from some people in France. He will never catch where Zidane is, and probably nobody is going to catch him.

“Michel Platini as well at the time and Raymond Kopa before him, those players are icons. It’s only at the end of his career that we will see if Mbappe can be put at the same level”