This was the market value of Lionel Messi at the age of Kylian Mbappé

Obtaining the Qatar 2022 World Cup for Lionel Messi opened a new debate about the current moment the Argentine is living in comparison with Kylian Mbappé, a player he faced in the World Cup final and who for many is already considered the best footballer in the present even above the Argentine star.

Recently at AS.com we presented you with a special in which a comparison was made of the number of Ballon d'Ors won by Lionel Messi at the age of 24, the same age that Kylian Mbappé is currently, who has not yet enjoyed the privilege of winning the which is considered the highest individual award in the world of soccer.

Now, after the new market values ​​were announced after the Qatar 2022 World Cup, it was revealed that the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé is the best valued footballer in the world at a price of 180 million euros, a fact that has set new records in the world of football.

According to data shared by Transfermarkt, the current value of Lionel Messi at 35 years of age is 50 million euros. And if we go back a decade to 2012, the Argentine star already dominated the world with his football and proof of this were the 3 Ballon d'Ors that he had at that time.

This stage of Messi with Barcelona was reflected in the value that the Catalan club gave Lio in the market, who in 2012 was worth 100 million euros, a figure that a decade ago was stratospheric and that was difficult to pay for the great most of the clubs except those with the greatest economic potential such as Barcelona itself or the English clubs.

In this way, Messi had a lower value than Kylian Mbappé currently has, who exceeds the Argentine by 80 million euros at that age, however, in favor of the Argentine, he has obtained greater individual and collective achievements, such as the three aforementioned Golden Balls and the four Champions League that he achieved with the Catalans.

com we presented you with a special in which a comparison was made of the number of Ballon d'Ors won by Lionel Messi at the age of 24, the same age that Kylian Mbappé is currently, who has not yet enjoyed the privilege of winning the which is considered the highest individual award in the world of soccer.