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<div data-fco-dynamic-placement="" data-fco-dynamic-placement-type="match-recirculation" data-fco-embed-id="fco-dynamic-placement:match-recirculation"><script type="application/json" data-placement="match-recirculation">{"type":"match-recirculation","data":{}}</script></div>Kylian Mbappé, the Real Madrid and France star, has spoken to The Athletic. The interview centres on the Ballon d'Or, the World Cup goals record (22) and the transfer market, including how he came close to joining Liverpool in 2017, the year he moved from Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain. THE BALLON D'OR<div data-fco-dynamic-placement="" data-fco-dynamic-placement-type="fcplayer-semantic"><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90","embedType":"SEMANTIC","embedId":"5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90","publisher":null,"playerId":null,"fallbackChannelId":null}}</script></div>"Would I like to win it? I'm not ashamed to say it. I'm not afraid to say what I think, even if sometimes people might say: 'What is he talking about?'. There is nothing to be ashamed of in being sincere. I've never said: 'I will win it.' But I think I've had a good year. A lot of people have said I've had a good year and have linked me with the trophy. So we'll see what happens."

Mbappé reveals: "I was close to Liverpool, here’s when". And on the Ballon d'Or..

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"I've always wanted to break records and make sure people remembered my name. But I have to be honest: I didn't expect to become the World Cup's all-time top scorer at 27."

The record for goals at the World Cup

"I was close to Liverpool. My mother was a huge fan of Klopp and her first choice was Liverpool, she wanted me to go there. I didn't listen to her because I wanted to play in my city, Paris. I didn't want to leave my country before I had become someone".

Close to Liverpool in 2017

Mbappé reveals: "I was close to Liverpool, here is when". And on the Ballon d'Or.. | Goal.com

The Real Madrid and France star: “I didn’t expect to be the all-time top scorer at the World Cup at 27”

Mbappé reveals: &quot;I was close to Liverpool, here’s when&quot;. And on the Ballon d&apos;Or..

The record for goals at the World Cup

Close to Liverpool in 2017

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