‘Ridiculous’-Kylian Mbappe Shares Unreal Moment With Lionel Messi, Neymar at PSG

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé named former Paris Saint-Germain teammate Lionel Messi as the player that most impressed him on the training ground, backing up his claim with one eye-opening story.

The 27-year-old has shared the pitch with some of the best players of the current generation during his days at PSG and now Real Madrid. Mbappé played alongside reigning Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembélé and Achraf Hakimi in Paris before joining the likes of Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and Trent Alexander-Arnold at the Bernabéu.

Yet none of the big names left an impression on the Frenchman quite like Messi—not even Neymar. “Messi is ridiculous,” Mbappé said on The Bridge. “He does everything right.”

Then, he launched into a story from his days at PSG, recalling one particular moment that the Argentine unknowingly humbled Mbappé and Neymar.

Mbappé Reveals Impressive Messi Training Story

“We were in Paris, we were finishing up,” Mbappé spoke of a training session at PSG. “And in Paris, me and Ney, we were at the top of the heap in world football.

“[Messi] just came in and took ten shots. Me and Ney, out of 10 shots, we scored six or seven. He shot nine times and scored the same goal nine times.

“It was the end of practice. He’s a little tired, [and] he was just passing the ball to the net, like he wasn’t shooting, he was just passing to the net.

“I look at the goalkeeper and I say to him, ‘Didn’t you understand?’” Mbappé finished, laughing.

The trio of Messi, Neymar and Mbappé won three trophies together during their time at PSG, including two Ligue 1 titles. Still, with such a star-studded attack, the team ultimately fell short of expectations, failing to top the Champions League—a feat the club later achieved in 2024–25, the first season after Mbappé joined Real Madrid.

Is There a Messi, Mbappé Reunion Coming at the 2026 World Cup?

Once Messi left PSG after the 2022–23 season to join MLS side Inter Miami, the prospect of ever playing with or against Mbappé at the club level became near-impossible. Yet the stars could align for France and Argentina to once again clash on the world stage this summer.

Should the two World Cup favorites win their respective groups, they would not meet until a potential final, which would be a repeat of the blockbuster showdown in Qatar—a game widely regarded as one of the best matches of all time.

La Albiceleste are hoping to successfully defend their title while Didier Deschamps’s men are in the hunt for the ultimate redemption. If the newly updated FIFA world rankings are anything to go by, the governing body gives the edge to France over Messi and Co.

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