Kylian Mbappe admits to being flattered to discover that Lionel Messi was keeping track of his exploits last season, with the Golden Shoe battle seeing a mercurial figure at Barcelona continuously trying to top a goalscoring rival on the books at Paris Saint-Germain.
Messi would land that prize for the sixth time in his career during the 2018-19 campaign, before going on to add a sixth Ballon d’Or to his collection.
Mbappe pushed the Argentine to the limit, with a collection of memorable showings on the domestic stage coming on the back of a World Cup triumph with France.