Mbappe s Golden Ball Road: He became famous at a young age and was nominated for 8 times. He is about to be 27 years old. How long will he have to wait?

Time is unforgiving! It has been 7 years in the blink of an eye. In the 2018 World Cup, 19-year-old Mbappe emerged and defeated Argentina led by the ball king Messi at lightning. In the final, Croatia, who played his superb foot and stepped on the magic flute, won the championship. At that time, everyone thought, the Golden Globe Award? It's a matter of time for him, a genius.

, this is seven years. Now Mbappe is almost 27 years old, and the Golden Globe nomination has been given 8 times this year, but I still haven't won the "As sooner or later" trophy. The 2025 Golden Ball Odds List is cruel: Former Paris teammates Dembele (1.33) and Barcelona Yamal (3.5) are far ahead, and Mbappe's odds are out of 51 times. Time really doesn't wait for anyone.

The individual performance is unspeakable, but the team dragged it down. Mbappe's debut season at Real Madrid was amazing: he became the scorer with 31 goals in La Liga, with a total of 44 goals in the season, breaking Real Madrid's historical record. The national derby became his stage, with Barcelona scoring 5 goals in four games! Includes a hooded show. But the problem is that Real Madrid lost all four games. The league was behind Barcelona, the Champions League was eliminated early, and the King's Cup final collapsed in overtime. No matter how impressive your personal data is, without a heavyweight team champion (especially the Champions League), the Golden Globes will be hard to be convincing. The halo of the 2018 World Cup has indeed faded a lot against the backdrop of the club's lack of the Champions League for many years.

What is even more unbearable is that the younger brothers and assistants who led the Golden Ball were the past. Dembele led Paris to win the four championships, and the data also exploded. After Mbappe left, his old club instead reached the top of Europe as a whole, which feels like... On the other hand, the Barcelona genius Yamal, who just turned 18, holds three championships (La Liga, King's Cup, and Spanish Super League Cup) and is in the limelight. New generations such as Haaland, Bellingham, and Wilz are also eyeing each other.

The golden ball prophecy that belongs to Mbappe sooner or later sounds a bit unrestrained now. The Golden Globes are not only the best players, but also the most successful season. When asked if the team won the Champions League just because he left Paris, Mbappe denied it and was unwilling to accept it: I still have a chance. Of course he still has time at the age of 26 (fast 27), but the football world is updated too quickly, leaving the window for the "prodigy" to fulfill the promise of the golden ball, and it is really shrinking.

Wearing Real Madrid jerseys was once the guarantee of the Golden Ball. Now Mbappe has to find a way to convert his personal super-god data into a real championship trophy for the team. This road may be a little longer than he thought.