John Bruin

And that's the sort of unforgivable bit about the cynicism that goes on with the World Cup, isn't it?

That's it, isn't it?

In the World Cup, they were not great against Senegal in the first half.

Senegal were very good.

They're a very talented team.

And then they can just turn on the afterburners and be...

brilliant Mbappe can be that guy that perhaps he isn't for Real Madrid he scores a lot of goals for Real Madrid but his image has been tarnished a little bit and the things with Mbappe is below the Ronaldo Messi I mean these two guys are still knocking around he's probably the world's best or most famous player but we just

Yes, I think that's true.

Yeah, I mean, Mbappé seems to turn it on at a World Cup, doesn't he?

But they've got Mbappé, they've got Dembele, they've got this Michael Ollisay, who we in England regret.

He's from South London.

We regret that he chose to play for France because he is such a fantastic player.

He's never quite got to their level.

That's the thing.

And he was a real talent at Crystal Palace.

And that's it.

But since he's gone to Bayern Munich, we've seen what a brilliant player he is.

Messi and Ronaldo did set, Messi in particular actually, set such impossible standards for those to follow.

that's it, isn't it?

In a World Cup, they were not great against Senegal in the first half.