"I thought the Ballon d’Or would go to Vinicius"

One of the news in this international break was the return to the France squad of Kylian Mbappe, who had not played a match with 'Les bleus' since September. The national captain gave an extensive interview to 'Le Parisien' in which he reviewed several topics in this regard.

One of the most striking was about the Ballon d'Or of the previous edition: “What is a Ballon d'Or player? Rodri, do you consider a player to be a Ballon d'Or? I thought the Ballon d'Or would go to Vinicius, but in the end it went to Rodri. If I had told you three months earlier, you would have said, 'What the hell are you talking about?," he said.

"Today we don't know who the Ballon d'Or is going to go to, except that no one should be excluded, that all players can be awarded, maybe even a goalkeeper," he added.

Finally, he spoke about his goals with Real Madrid: “I'm focused on Real Madrid and on this historic treble that we can achieve. It's something Real Madrid has never done, so it would be really extraordinary to achieve it in my first season. I try not to think about anything else to give 150% to Real Madrid and bring home these trophies.”