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| Mbappe receives good news despite controversy | Photo: Instagram |
Kylian Mbappe's recent time is not going well at all. In addition to his ups and downs in performance on the field , he is also suffering from injuries. The forward is also facing criticism from Real Madrid fans for not being able to satisfy his fans with his performance. In addition to all this, various controversies off the field are also taking away his focus.
However, Mbappe has received some great news. He has been named France's Footballer of the Year for his performance in 2023-24. This marks the fourth time Mbappe has won this award.
Mbappe first won this award, given by France Football magazine, in 2018. He won the award again the following year, 2019. Later, however, the award was given based on the season instead of the year. Then Mbappe won this award for the third time in the 2022-23 season.
Mbappe scored 52 goals in all competitions in his final season for PSG last season. He also won the French Cup trophy in addition to winning the Ligue 1 title for the team. During this time, France played in the semi-finals of Euro 2024 under his leadership. And in recognition of all this, Mbappe won the country's Footballer of the Year award.
Mbappe is followed by Arsenal's William Saliba, who was in fine form for Arsenal last season. The other player on the list is AC Milan goalkeeper Mikel Mignon. Mbappe's Real Madrid teammates Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Chaumeny are fourth and fifth.
Meanwhile, Spanish media outlet AS reported that French stars Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kante did not vote for Mbappe for the award, with Benzema voting for Camavinga, Bradley Barkola and Warren Zaire-Emery.
On the other hand, Kante gave his votes to Saliba, Jules Kunde and Camavinga. However, despite not getting the votes of these two, Mbappe won the overall. He beat the Arsenal defender by 5 votes. Saliba received 51 votes against Mbappe's 56 votes.