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'Mbappe is the after-Ronaldo and after-Messi' - Trezeguet backs teen as the future of football

French forward Kylian Mbappe is the future of global football, according to his fellow countryman David Trezeguet.

Mbappe was named in the FIFPro World XI on Monday following his exploits in France's World Cup triumph, while the Paris Saint-Germain star was also named Ligue 1 player of the month.

Luka Modric scooped the FIFA Best Men's Player award , ending Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's decade-long stranglehold over the top individual prize handed out by world football's governing body.

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But Trezeguet, who famously scored France's golden goal winner in the final of Euro 2000 against Italy, believes the future belongs to Mbappe.