Kylian Mbappé does not want to make the World Cup "normal".
On the sidelines of the Globe Soccer Awards, a ceremony organized in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) on Monday during which he was crowned best player of 2021, the striker of PSG and the Blues was unfavorable to the idea of a World Cup both, as Fifa has the project.
“The World Cup is a special event because it takes place every four years, says the winner of the 2018 edition with the France team.
Playing it every two years would make this competition normal, which it doesn't have to be.
It is something incredible.
It is an event that you may only play once in your life ”.
"We still have to adapt to video assistance"
Among the arguments developed by Kylian Mbappé: the multiplication of matches.
“We already play 60 games a year,” he recalls.
The Euro, the World Cup, the League of Nations… We like to play but it's too much.
We must be able to recover, take breaks.
If people want quality, emotion, good matches, we must respect the health of the players ”.
Present alongside the striker of the Blues, his Polish counterpart from Bayern Munich, Robert Lewandowski, has also positioned himself against a world biennial.
“If you want to give the fans something different, you have to take a break (…) If we want to play a World Cup every two years, the level will go down.
It's impossible for the body and the mind to perform at the same level, ”he said.
In addition, Mbappé was also questioned about video assistance in arbitration.
"I am in favor if it is used well," he says.
But the referee cannot take seven minutes to make a decision.
Sometimes we don't know what's going on and we are the first to be penalized.
We should be more involved, we still have to adapt ”.