Mbappé’s 2026 mission: from France’s talisman to football’s defining champion

Kylian Mbappé is already a World Cup winner and an all-time finals record-setter, but 2026 offers him something rarer: a second star that could settle the “best in the world” debate. With France qualified for North America and Didier Deschamps heading into a final World Cup, the stakes feel generational.