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Mbappé, in a rapid-fire interview, backed Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Messi in the GOAT debate and said he would outscore the Portugal star at the 2026 World Cup. He also tipped himself as top scorer and backed Vinícius Jr over rivals. The France captain, still haunted by the 2022 final loss, targets Klose’s 16-goal record.

New Jersey: France national team captain and Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe has backed legendary Cristiano Ronaldo to outdo the defending champion Lionel Messi in terms of goals in the upcoming FIFA World Cup, but also tipped himself to be the top goal-scorer of the tournament ahead of Portugal icon.

In a series of rapid-fire questions in a football challenge with content creator Finn Agostinelli and Sorare on Instagram, the 27-year-old was asked to pick between Messi and Ronaldo after going through some of the best talents across Europe and South American football. In the battle between the World Cup-winning 'GOAT' Messi and Ronaldo, who is just one WC trophy short of levelling the 'Greatest of All Time' debate, Mbappe went with Cristiano.

Messi completed his lifelong dream of capturing the FIFA WC trophy in Qatar in 2022. Now, all the eyes are on 41-year-old Cristiano, who is coming after a prolific title-winning season with Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, still thriving as a goal-scoring machine, having won it nearly all at club and international level, except a World Cup title.

During the rapid fire, he chose Cristiano over Messi. But when asked to choose between himself and Cristiano, Mbappe chose himself to outshine the 41-year-old, as per Goal.com.