Kylian Mbappe was voted Ligue 1 best player of the season for the fourth successive time on Sunday, May 28, after helping Paris Saint-Germain win a record 11th French title. The French footballer scored 28 goals in the league this season and is on course to finish as the division’s top scorer for the fifth season running. 
Mbappe giving a speech after winning the Ligue 1 best player award. Source: Getty Mbappe is now the only player to have won the Best Ligue 1 Player award four times, beating the record he shared with Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Accepting the award, he said; “I want to thank the players, the staff, all the people working in the shadows. It’s a pleasure, I always wanted to win, to write my name into the league’s history. But even with all the ambition I have, I didn’t expect to win so quickly.” Franck Haise of Lens was named coach of the season after leading the club to second place and giving them a place in Champions League football for the first time in two decades.
Mbappe wins Ligue 1’s best player award. Source: Getty Lens goalkeeper Brice Samba was given the best goalkeeper award, while Paris Saint-Germain left-back Nuno Mendes earned the best young player award. Mendes was one of four PSG players in the team of the season alongside Mbappe, Lionel Messi, and Achraf Hakimi. Lens also had four players in the team of the season; Brice Samba, defender Kevin Danso, midfielder Seko Fofana and striker Lois Openda.
The French team got a 4-0 win over the Netherlands on Friday night, to make a flying start to their UEFA EURO 2024 qualification campaign. Antoine Griezmann scored the opener with a left-footed strike that came off an Mbappe pass just two minutes into the game. Dayot Upamecano doubled the French advantage five minutes later, turning home from close range after a goalkeeping blunder from Jasper Cillessen. In the 21st minute, Mbappe ran inside the penalty area and finished in the penalty box after a killer through ball by Aurelien Tchouameni. 
The crowd at Stade de France were again rampant after Mbappe scored on a solo-effort goal to seal the match in the 88th minute. Near the end of the match, the Netherlands’ experienced forward Memphis Depay missed a penalty, giving the Dutch a frustrating result. France will visit Ireland in Dublin on Monday, March 27, while the Netherlands will host Gibraltar in Rotterdam. 
Grimandi who worked as an Arsenal scout for 13 years, said they held talks with Mbappe before losing him to Monaco. He told The Sun; “The job of scouting is about finding but also missing players. For me, it is Kylian Mbappe. We just could not convince him. 
“He was out of contract in June 2013 and we met him in February. If we could have convinced him to join, he would have changed the club — but he then decided on Monaco. “Arsenal were not always playing their best so it was quite complicated. At first it was easy, as soon as we talked to a player he wanted to sign it. However, if you are not getting results it is difficult to bring top players to help the team. That’s why it is important to stay at the top for as long as possible. It is so much easier. Yet the likes of Bukayo Saka and Eddie Nketiah, who I watched develop, prove you should never forget the talent you have inside your club, even in difficult times.” 
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner who sat for an interview with Ole was asked about his relationship with his Paris Saint-Germain teammate. He responded by saying there’s never been an issue with Mbappe. When asked if he has discussed the final from Qatar with Mbappe, Messi said; 
“Yes, we talked about the game, the celebrations how people had lived in Argentina in those days that I had been on vacation and the festivities we had. And nothing, nothing more, but good, really good. “I was on the other side too, I had to lose a world final as well and I didn’t want to know anything about that, about what had happened. And nothing that had to do with the World Cup at that time, that’s why I don’t want to talk about it either. But the truth is that there is no problem with Kylian, quite the opposite.” 
