Stats speak volumes – at 22 years of age, Kylian Mbappe has already scored 162 goals and has assisted 72 times and it looks he has only scratched the surface of his reach.But it has been said over and over again – Mbappe has already outclassed French top-tier and he needs to compete on a higher level week-in-week-out.His compatriot and one who has won almost everything that can be won in football, Nicolas Anelka, gave a piece of advice to the young PSG forward.Total war: France players against each other, insults exchanged during the match with SwitzerlandAnelka, who played for 13 clubs in his career and was also a prolific scorer, said to Mbappe that he has to leave the Paris club for a team in England or Spain – in order to compete for Ballon d’Or.At the end of next season, Mbappe will be out of contract with the Ligue 1 giants. So far, he has resisted signing an extension and the ones who are most excited about such turn of events are Florentino Perez and his Real Madrid.According to Anelka, who had two spells with PSG, Mbappe must leave Paris Saint-Germain if he wants to win the biggest accolades in football.World champions are out of the EURO 2020! Late night Bucharest drama belongs to the SwissThe 42-year-old wrote a dedicated column letter to Mbappe for The Athletic following his penalty shoot-out miss against Switzerland.France, who were the favourites to EURO 2020, saw themselves eliminated from the competition as an aftermath of Mbappe’s missed penalty in the shootout. The forward was the only player to miss from the spot in the decisive lottery.Scoring goals will help heal the pain of his miss, Anelka advised Mbappe. He also had something to say about Mbappe’s future.Mbappe after missing the decisive penalty: “I failed, the sadness is immense”The former Arsenal, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City striker encouraged Mbappe to make a move away from France and suggest England and Spain as possible destinations.’You have at least two choices — stay in Paris or move to Real Madrid. Both of them can win the Champions League these days. When I was at PSG, that wasn’t the case.’ Anelka wrote.’That choice depends on what you want to achieve in football. If you want the biggest accolades, you will have to move from PSG at some point. Whatever you do in Paris will be good, but somebody will always say, “Well, you did great for PSG but it was only in France. The best leagues are in England and Spain, so you didn’t compete with the best players in the best league.”##EDITORS_CHOICE##’You will have to decide. If you want to win the Ballon d’Or, which is what you should be looking at to echo Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, you will have to compete with the best. ‘You can’t say you compete with the best all the time when you are at PSG. The French league is not easy, don’t get me wrong, but I think the toughest league is in England.’So, if you want to be one of the best, then do what you do in Paris but with Chelsea or United or Arsenal or Manchester City or Liverpool. Or go to Spain to Madrid or Barcelona. Or maybe Italy. Then we can speak about a more global impact.’Mbappe said no decision would be made on his future until after Euro 2020. And now that that is the case, heavy doubts have crept in over his commitment to the Parisians.L’Equipe reported that Mbappe is set to honour the remainder of his contract, with the striker not satisfied with his current situation and in pursuit of pastures new.
