Kylian Mbappe's Ultimate Dream Team Is Out Of This World

Kylian Mbappe is not only the most exciting young player in world football, he knows his stuff when it comes to the beautiful game - as demonstrated in his dream XI.

Often when players, particularly youngsters, are tasked with picking their dream team, a lot of the time it mainly comprises of their teammates and it's a bit bland.

But the 2017 Golden Boy winner l has clearly chosen his picks very carefully and has put together an unbelievable XI that is brimming with star quality and silverware.

In goal, he's gone for Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. The third highest appearance maker in Serie A, the Italian is still going strong at 40 and Mbappe, who is over half of his age - is well aware of how supremely gifted a goalkeeper he is and managed to sneak a consolation goal past him in the Champions League semi-final second leg in Turin last season.

There's another Italian in his defensive structure, with Mbappe opting for the great Paolo Maldini; another Italian who never seemed to age in looks or in his performance on the pitch.

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos, aka the master of crucial goals in high-pressure scenarios, partners Maldini in central defence.

Bombarding Brazilian full-backs Cafu and Roberto Carlos have been selected to complete the backline. Mbappe evidently knows the importance of having deadly overlapping full-backs in a team, having had plenty of joy playing with the deadly duo Djibril Sidibe and Benjamin Mendy on a weekly basis last season.

In midfield, Mbappe has opted for a midfield three of five-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho and his fellow Frenchman Zinedine Zidane, who tried to sign him for Real Madrid in 2013.

There'll be no balance or protection for the defence at all with this trio, but it'll be bags of fun - so who really cares?

His front three contains his teammate Neymar, the original Ronaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo, who was Mbappe's idol growing up.

The team does feel like something you would put together on FIFA and would probably end up being Maldini and Ramos at their back on their own, while the remaining eight outfield players strut their stuff.

Here is the team in full:

Five from Real Madrid, three from Barcelona, two from AC Milan and a Juventus goalkeeper.

Kylian Mbappe knows his football.

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Topics: Football News, Paris Saint-Germain, Football, PSG, Lionel Messi, Zinedine Zidane, Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo

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