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Lille got Luis Campos as a "special advisor" in october 2016. Campos had the same job in Monaco from 2013 to 2016 (iirc he was the one behind the signing of Bernardo Silva, Fabinho, Benjamin Mendy and so on). So... yeah. Keep an eye on every player they sign, basically.

Don't know if it's been mentionned, but xG on this game were 0,6 for Lyon, and 2 for Barca. Yet, I feel the 2 most impressive saves were made by MATS (on Aouar and Terrier), not by Lopes. It's because Lyon's biggest opportunities were long range shot (or, well, medium range maybe for Aouar...

Plus, against parked buses, his long range shot + set piece accuracy is an important asset. I really don't understand how he's getting little to no game time.

To be fair he was also very impressive against Paris, and he's been overall very good these past few months.

For Lyon: Lopes - Dubois, Marcelo, Denayer, Mendy - Ndombele, Aouar - Traoré, Depay, Terrier - Dembele Surprised not to see Tousart. He's clearly not as talented as Ndombele and Aouar, but he's much more defensive. Genesio is going all in for this game. I'd say 1-2 in the end, but Lyon is one...

To be fair, everybody here is the worst. Except Devils, whose posts are always awesome.

He decided a lot of games all by himself. In UCL (even in Monaco when he was 18 and went on to obliterate City all by himself), in Ligue 1 (yeah yeah, farmer ligue, but he still crushed Lyon or Marseille with no effort), or with France NT. On a much more regular basis than Dembele (who's older)...

Well, as a french, and even though I'm not a PSG fan, I'd love for Mbappe to stay in Ligue 1 while performing well in UCL. But yeah, if he has to leave, I'd love to see him with a FCB shirt. First of all because it's my favorite club abroad, obviously, but also because it would be pretty awesome...

There's a big thing in France about the 1987 generation, who won the U17 Euro in 2004. This generation includes Benzema, Ben Arfa, Jeremy Menez, and Nasri among a few others. They were supposed to become world class players, and only one reached that status. Several had a lot of trouble fitting...

I'd say his decision will depend A LOT on how PSG will fare in UCL over the next few seasons. I see Mbappe as a very ambitious player, with a clear idea of how he wants his carrer to go. Pretty sure he plans to win his first UCL before turning 23 or something. Pretty sure he also plans on...

Also, there are at least two things Mbappe can improve on: regularity. He still has some very average/shitty games, and ones where he single handedly crush the other team (Argentina, city for his first year in Monaco, Marseille this season in only two minutes...). If he manages to keep that...

Just to be clear: I excluded him because the question was "who are the 5 best prospects in this list, considering Lenglet and Hernandez are not prospects anymore?". As for my opinion about him: he was seen as a very good young player in Nancy. Iirc, he was his team's captain at only 19, in a...

If you exclude Hernandez and Lenglet, I'd say the 5 hottest prospects right now are Konaté, Upamecano, Kamara, Kimpembe and Kounde. The first two need no introduction (they've been discussed a lot these past few weeks on this forum). Kamara (from Marseille) looks rather impressive. Fast, good...

Glad to see he did great. For once he was in a decent lineup, and not with some sort of half assed B team. Changes a lot. Hope he'll get more chances like that. Should boost his confidence.

As I've already mentioned (can't remember if it was in this thread), Bielsa played him as a 9 last season before getting sacked. He was adamant that he would become WC at this position. Pepe wasn't particularly impressive, and the player even said himself that he really prefers playing as a RW...

Lyon are just so fun to watch when they're playing like this. Very nice game.

You joined this forum in 2013 and still don't know how Devils work ?

Mbappe already assisted and scored in crucial games, more than once (see his quarter finals against Man City, his goal against Argentina, his pass that should have given France the lead against Belgium, the way he single handedly won the game against Marseille this season three minutes after...

My bad about CR/Ronaldo then. As for their position on the pitch, Mbappe plays/played quite often as a winger too (France's striker is Giroud, PSG's striker is Cavani even though Mbappe playes upfront more and more). He just doesn't have the same playstyle, and tends to run to the box more than...

I mean, I get that we're on a Barca fan forum, but that doesn't mean people have to be blind either. First of all, you might want to check Ronaldo's stats and accomplishments from when he was 17 to 19. And then compare them to Mbappe's. Saying that he was "twice the player" Mbappe is at the...