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Dunphy is right about Mbappé's Maradona moment - Kevin Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane has some sympathy for Eamon Dunphy after his comments about Kylian Mbappé be...



Dunphy is right about Mbappé&#...
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Dunphy is right about Mbappé's Maradona moment - Kevin Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane has some sympathy for Eamon Dunphy after his comments about Kylian Mbappé being a "brilliant discovery" for the World Cup.

Dunphy had come in for ridicule after suggesting so, after Mbappé's two brilliant seasons and staggering €180m transfer fee. Kev thinks that the Dubliner was misunderstood and backs the assertion that Mbappé has shown his brilliance to a wider audience in Russia.

"[Dunphy's] point is the most valid one that you could make. You and I - and anyone who watches football - we will all know Kylian Mbappé because we have seen him. 

"But the majority of the audience that watches World Cup games are watching it because it is a World Cup game. They would never have heard of Kylian Mbappé and they would not watch Champions League football. So a huge majority of the audience are probably seeing Kylian Mbappé for the first time."

"Now Kylian Mbappé has had his Maradona moment, his Trezeguet or Zidane moment. He has had his moment that puts him right up with the greats of World Cup football, and that is why his point is so valid. 

"The majority of people watching World Cup do not have paid television packages to watch PSG on a regular basis and, in certain cases, they do not watch Champions League football.

"That is why he has arrived on the big stage now, in a big way."

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