Au revoir, Kylian Mbappé: How should we judge his PSG legacy? - ESPN

In case you missed it a couple of weeks ago, Paris Saint-Germain played and won their last Ligue 1 game of the season, a 2-0 win at Metz. Kylian Mbappé was not there. Instead, he spent his weekend on the beach in Cannes, at the other end of the country, drinking cocktails and sunbathing with his PSG teammate Ousmane Dembélé.

After that, PSG faced Lyon in the Coupe de France final to end their overall season and won 2-1 to clinch yet another a domestic treble. In what was Mbappé's last-ever game and trophy won with the club, he wasn't able to contribute a goal or an assist. it was a strange way to end his seven years at the club.

Mbappé will be remembered as the greatest player to have ever worn a PSG shirt. He goes into the pantheon above Mustapha Dahleb, the flamboyant Algerian winger of the 1970s and early 1980s. He's above Safet Sušić, the Yugoslavian maestro of the 80s, and his teammate, striker Dominique Rocheteau. He is above the heroes of the 1990s such as Valdo, Raí, David Ginola and George Weah.

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He's above the genius of Ronaldinho, above the goal-scoring machines Zlatan Ibrahimović and Edinson Cavani. He's even above Neymar and Lionel Messi, whose time with PSG ended unsatisfactorily. The list can continue, but Mbappé will always be at the top of it.

While he leaves on awkward terms, Mbappe was bigger and better than anyone else. The amount of goals (256), assists (96), games (307) and trophies (14) in seven seasons is mind-blowing. He overtook Cavani's record as top goal-scorer in the club's history with surprising ease. He also gave PSG fans, and football fans in general, some incredible moments: hat tricks (even scoring five in a game on one occasion),