Ex-Liverpool star John Aldridge, has told Kylian Mbappe he needs to leave Paris Saint-Germain in order to reach his full potential as a footballer.

Mbappe was close to exiting the French club last season, and even had an agreement in place, to join Real Madrid, only to end up signing a bumper new contract with PSG.

A number of weeks ago, the forward was also rumoured to be disinterested in continuing at PSG, and wanted out, due to a breakdown of his relationship with the owners, but he came out later to discredit the reports.

Mbappe joined PSG permanently in 2018, and has been one of their best players ever, but Aldridge believes he needs to leave PSG and join a club like Barcelona, if he’s to truly reach the pinnacle of football.

Aldridge wrote for the Sunday World: “The brilliant French forward who will be in action against Poland today won’t be able to become a true great of the game as long as he is playing in the French league.

“He might have a chance to get his hands on the Champions League trophy with Paris Saint-Germain, but everyone knows why the superstars are going to that club.

“PSG is all about money and if Mbappé wants to be respected as the best player in the world, he can’t do it in a Mickey Mouse league.

“He needs to go to Real Madrid, Barcelona or the Premier League to showcase his talents against opposition that will test him because scoring 50 goals a year in France doesn’t mean too much.

“Mbappé has been in the discussion over who is the best player in the world for a few years now and he played a big role in France’s 2018 World Cup win.

“Yet I’d love to see him playing in the Premier League in England every week or trying to be the leader at a big club like Real Madrid.

“The rumours suggest he wants out of PSG, so maybe that move to a genuinely big club will happen sooner rather than later.”