It’s widely known that Kylian Mbappé grew up idolizing Cristiano Ronaldo and even had posters of the Portuguese superstar hanging on the wall of his childhood bedroom. Only now are football fans realizing how much of a fan Mbappé is of Ronaldo
On Monday, Twitter user @TheFergusonCode posted a tweet that contained several side-by-side images of Ronaldo and Mbappé doing the same identical goal celebrations.
How am I understanding these references just now?? pic.twitter.com/S55DEAPjp2
— 🐐™ (@TheFergusonCode) May 11, 2020
Mbappé is known for his crossed arms celebration but he has mixed things up over the years and unbeknownst to most of us, he’s been copying Ronaldo’s celebrations from his time at Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus FC.
Now, the Juventus comparison might be a stretch as one Twitter user pointed out but still, to most fans the similarities are striking.
Juve 2019/2020 kit, PSG 2018/2019 kit btw
Mbappé influenced CR7 in this case 🙃🙃🙃 pic.twitter.com/Vzepg02KTs— Ben (@PSGBenn) May 11, 2020
Real Madrid fans who see this will immediately assume that there’s no way Mbappé signs an extension with Paris Saint-Germain and that he’s destined for a move to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium during the summer of 2021.
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