Kylian Mbappé

They still have Rodrigo there for the right-hand side.

They've also got Mbappe in the team.

They've got Vini Junior on the left.

So where is he going to play, smart arse? Because you're not going to spend €135 million for a player and then bin him off, are you? Well, even Real Madrid, that would be a little bit too much.

And the way United is floundering and not able to handle the situation reminds me how we're not able to handle getting Holland in the door.

We're not able to even... scout Mbappe properly when we're given the look at him early.

This is just another set of errors that we do.

We're not good with loaning talent, and then we can't sell players.

Mathuidi and Mbappé! And Bauer! With the victory of the score for the French team!

Hello and welcome back to World Football Etc.

with me, Paul Smetroschka.

John, very happy to have you here.

And yeah, your very much needed expertise, I think, is very welcomed by our listeners as well, because you grew up just... a couple of kilometers away from Ceuta, on the other side of the Mediterranean.

So what is your take? Please take us maybe with a little bit of historical context through this and then, of course, what the reasons might be for then three players, which then sparked this huge debate, among them Mbappé and...

and conate and of course vinnie jr um to weirdly crop their t-shirts so that this whole um i mean you still could read it but it obviously was a sign of protest which which sparked that that huge debate in in spain

Yeah, hi, Paul.

Despite the fact that he was going to replace Neymar, he didn't play like that.

Maybe because with Kylian, who also took the spotlight, so it was less of a thing.

No, he really worked.

And I think Lucho is the one who changed absolutely

All right? At PSG.

Why couldn't you go buy a fucking Barcola or a fucking Mbappe, somebody? Do something special.

Instead, you're buying these fucking players.

And, yes, we got the best Lazio defender.

Ahead of Madrid's 3-2 La Liga win against Elche on Tuesday, the two teams wore a T-shirt brandished with the words, We are all Ceutans, in a message intended to show support for the people in the Spanish territory in North Africa.

Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Ibrahima Konate wore the shirt partially rolled up.

Yesterday, La Liga president Javier Tebas criticized them for not properly wearing the T-shirt, saying putting it half on is the same as not wearing it.

Mbappe says he's in complete solidarity with Ceuta, but also wanted to make a gesture to the migrants who lost their lives during the chaotic crossing and those living in difficult conditions.

I don't want to give the obvious.

He's not as fast as Mbappe, but I thought he was absolutely rapid, but he's not.

I thought he was bare and he's just not as...

I don't think he's as fast as...

I think that's his game.

And I've got to be honest, Kenny and Mbappe or Harry Kane could have played up front for us on Friday night.

And they would have got...

We would have still had the same end result.