After his coronations in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023, Kylian Mbappé is once again on the roof of Ligue 1. For the fifth time, he was elected by his peers as the best player in the French championship during the UNFP Trophies ceremony. , which was held on Monday at the Armenonville pavilion in Paris.
While he has just played his last match at the Parc des Princes on Sunday in the colors of Paris Saint-Germain, the star striker of the capital club and the French team breaks a new record since no player before he had never won this trophy so many times. “I have always been someone who wants to look ahead. It was important for my father that I make the history of the French Championship before leaving. I tried to live up to it,” he said during the ceremony. He also took the opportunity to thank the club, and its president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, who welcomed him for 7 years. “I leave with my head held high. It’s a page in my life that will turn,” he added, referring to his departure. It should also be noted that Paris Saint-Germain also places seven players among the eleven in the standard team for the 2023-24 season.
Soon crowned top scorer in Ligue 1
Despite a lackluster season, especially since February and the announcement of his departure from the club which leaked to the press, Kylian Mbappé remains well above his opponents of the day. With one game remaining before the end of the season, the player is expected to finish as the league’s top scorer for the sixth year in a row. Enough to leave his mark on the French championship, where he played two seasons at Monaco and seven at PSG.