Will Klopp try approaching the current best star France player in the world

Kylian Mbappé, a former target for Liverpool, scored twice on Sunday as France defeated Poland 3-1 to progress to the World Cup quarterfinals, a magnificent near-post strike by Mbappé, who reportedly twice had conversations with the Reds (per The Telegraph), gave France a 2-0 lead 15 minutes from time

As he received Ousmane Dembélé's pass in space, cut inside, and rocketed the ball high into the net, he then scored his team's third goal from a similar position in the closing minutes by passing the ball past a sprawled Wojciech Szczsny, It was a genuinely lavish brace, Mbappé would also notch an assist in the game...

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setting up Olivier Giroud's opener by smartly sliding the ball through, It felt like the game where the Paris Saint-Germain superstar announced himself as the best player in the world. Many journalists and pundits said as much in the aftermath, to justify that mantle, you could look at Mbappé's numbers in France.

He's the top scorer in Ligue 1 with 12 goals in 14 matches, ranking him third in the big five leagues as a whole but many would argue that, given the extent of PSG's dominance, those figures aren't entirely representative, So perhaps it's better to look to the Champions League instead, where Mbappé has scored seven goals

<strong>He needs three more goals to pass Pelé</strong>

And assisted three more in six matches this term. Only Liverpool's Mohamed Salah can match that figure, He has now passed Lionel Messi, Eusébio, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Diego Maradona on the all-time list, tied them, and moved to within one of Thomas Müller, the top active player. He needs three more goals to pass Pelé, another of football's all-time greats. If he did it at this event, it wouldn't be the slightest bit strange.