5 reasons why Kylian Mbappe is better than Gabriel Jesus 

#4 European brilliance at 18

Mbappe scored against Buffon before Lionel Messi could

When I was 18 years old, I was weeping in the prayer room asking God to help me pass in the A-level chemistry exam the next day. Yes, weeping. That’s what happens when you don’t prepare for an A-level paper 6-7 months before the exam.

Obviously, God didn’t listen and I failed. Kylian Mbappe, though, was crying over which club to choose between approximately 34826 European teams that were after his signature. In the end, Paris-Saint Germain snapped him up on a loan deal with an option to buy him for €180 million next season – which they will obviously exercise.

The fact is, this is an 18-year-old kid that has 8 Champions League goals and might just shatter the record for the most number of goals in the competition by the time his career ends. The same can’t be said about Gabriel Jesus, who might have started his European career well, but wasn’t playing in the premier competition when he was 18.

At 18, Kylian Mbappe has 8 Champions League and that feat sounds even better when you consider the fact that he...