Real Madrid: Top 5 candidates to replace Cristiano Ronaldo at the Bernabeu

#2 Kylian Mbappe

Really, what is there left to say about Kylian Mbappe at this point? At just 19 years of age, the Frenchman has just become a World Cup winner, putting in starring performance after starring performance throughout the tournament, not to mention being the first teenager to score in a World Cup final since the legendary Pele did so in 1958. Not bad, eh?

For Mbappe, he spent last season on loan at League 1 winners Paris Saint-Germain. That loan deal was with a view to the forward making a permanent switch from Monaco for a whopping €180 million this summer – well, until PSG came under investigation for breaching Financial Fair Play rules.

Right now, it looks as if Mbappe may not end up as a fully-fledged PSG player, after all. And Real Madrid are just one of many huge clubs eagerly waiting to swoop for the teenager.

Mbappe to Real Madrid is a rumor that just won’t go away, and Mbappe’s France teammate Raphael Varane has even gone as far as to say how he’d love to see the youngster join him at the Bernabeu next season.

Kylian Mbappe is the hottest young talent in world football, and so seeing him lining up in the famed all-white of Real Madrid would almost seem like a natural fit by this point in time.