Messi deserves the Ballon d\u2019Or: Mbappe<\/a><\/p>\n\u201c(Questions around my future are) not something that weighs on me. On the pitch, I don\u2019t think about that. I just think about playing, being efficient, and winning titles,\u201d Mbappe told reporters ahead of France\u2019s UEFA qualifier against Gibraltar.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always done that. I\u2019ve always had a lot to deal with off the pitch and that hasn\u2019t stopped me from achieving what I have. When I\u2019m out on the pitch, I don\u2019t get caught up in the outside world.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve started this season with the desire to think only about my football and not to think about outside things or bring in things from outside, to pollute my football, so the most important thing for me today is to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mbappe also dismissed any talk of a rift between him and PSG manager Luis Enrique. The 24-year-old was singled out for criticism by the PSG boss following a 3-0 win over Reims last week, despite scoring all three goals in the league match.<\/p>\n
Asked about the criticism, Mbappe said: \u201cI honestly don\u2019t know. You\u2019d have to ask (Luis Enrique) why this timing. But I took it very well and, as I said, he\u2019s a great coach. I know he has a lot to offer me, a lot to teach me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a player who\u2019s very demanding with myself and if I can find that demand with my coach, I\u2019m very happy, because I know it\u2019s going to take me very high up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t necessarily need the coach to say every day that I\u2019m the best in the world for me to play well.\u201d<\/p>\n
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