NAYMER WAS WAITING FOR ME - MBAPPE

French striker Kylian Mbappe has made a dream start to his Paris Saint-Germain career and heaped praise on his strike partner Neymar for helping him settle in at the club.

The 19-year-old, who celebrated his birthday yesterday, moved to PSG from Monaco and has hit 11 goals in 20 games and Mbappe has revealed that a lot of that is down to Neymar.

"Immediately [after joining PSG], I put myself under his [Neymar's] wing and he helped me integrate. In truth he was waiting for me. Before I arrived at the end of the summer transfer market he sent me messages saying 'When are you arriving?'

"I told him that it was almost done, but when there were so many delays he must have thought that I was lying. Once the move happened I could relax. On the field he always tries to pick me out. It helps a lot when a player embraces you in this way."

The teenager also reflected melancholically on missing out on all the fun other teenagers have during their formative years. At 16, Mbappe was already a in Monaco's first team.

"Becoming a good player so quickly made me miss a lot of the normal life of a normal teenager. Later I cannot even tell my children about the things I did as a teen because I didn't get the time to do that. They will probably ask me why and I will tell them that at eighteen I was already playing for PSG and there was no more time to just be a teenager."

"My situation doesn't allow me to do things like a teenager," he said. "Since I can't go out I bring many friends home. We play, laugh and think of things other than football. These are the only moments when I can behave like a boy my age."

The Frenchman also revealed his lofty 'ten-year plan'.

"Trophies, trophies. My head is full of dreams. I know that a footballer's career is not very long so I have no time to lose.

"Ten years from now I would like to be playing for the best team in the world. If that is PSG, then I'll be here."