To call him the world's most exciting young player is almost reductive. Mbappe has already influenced the biggest games on the biggest stage of all – and only just left his teenage years behind
There's a sense his Ballon d'Or win may have been a concerted effort to end the Messi-Ronaldo duopoly, but this has been another stunning year from one of football's classiest operators
The Brazilian missed the last three months of 2017/18 before proving powerless to avoid a disappointing World Cup exit with Brazil. It hasn't been a year to remember for Neymar – but if anyone can turn it around in 2019, it's him
There was no third straight Premier League title to cheer, so football's most loveable enforcer simply went and won the World Cup instead. What's next?
Despite his failure to conquer Europe with Bayern Munich, the Catalan left a legacy his successor Carlo Ancelotti will be thankful for, writes Andy Brassell
Bayern's wing wizard has dazzled audiences with his star showings this term. Andy Brassell analyses his rise and explains why his success in Bavaria was far from inevitable...
