Legendary Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba thinks Kylian Mbappe is the most complete striker in the current World Cup. In a column for BBC, the former striker explained his stand…”For me, a complete striker is someone who can create an assist as well as score – someone who can change the game within one action.I don’t think there are many of them at this World Cup.Les Bleus have Mbappe and a lot of swagger – they beat Denmark and become the first team in the knockoutsSome teams even prefer to play without a striker at all, but in the big moments, you always need someone to finish the actions, as well as start them.England have Harry Kane, who I love to watch, but France’s Kylian Mbappe is the player who stands out as the best at doing all of those things I have mentioned, all together.If you put Mbappe in a centre-forward position, he will score goals but still come back and try and make chances for other people – you can see he was doing that a lot in France’s first two games in Qatar.Best and worst of #FIFAWorldCup group stage:TEAM+ Morocco- QatarPLAYER+Mbappé- SüleMANAGER+ Regragui- Roberto MartinezGAME+ Spain-Germany- England-UsaSURPRISEJapanDISAPPOINTMENTBelgiumBEST GOALRicharlisonFANS+ Japan- England#Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/eq4uB8eEj9— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) December 3, 2022 He can expose defenders one-on-one with his pace, but I think the fact he has played in different forward positions for his club, Paris St-Germain, has helped to make his game more rounded – to become more complete, if you like.That is how it worked for me too. I became a complete striker, if you will allow me to call myself that, because I learned how to develop my game and give myself more tools to use on the pitch.Right now, there are only a few players who do all of this. Mbappe’s France team-mate Olivier Giroud can do part of it, because he is a good finisher and always in a good position inside the box, but he is not too mobile.Giroud equalizes Henry’s record as France defeat Australia in QatarI like Manchester City and Norway forward Erling Haaland, who is not at this World Cup, because he is an excellent finisher, and he can make long runs with the ball, but I still want to see him being a bit more creative as well. You cannot be a complete striker without doing that too.Of course, when a striker is not scoring people quickly forget about these other parts of his game.We are supposed to score goals, so when that doesn’t happen then people think there is a problem – like with, say, Harry Kane at the start of this World Cup.I disagree. We all know Kane is a proven goalscorer and a guy who will destroy goalkeepers if you put him in the box, but I love what he is doing for England.When I see him coming deep and being so involved in the game, holding the ball and releasing it, I love it. He is really smart, and he does so much good work for the team.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6861908##
