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Kompany: Man City and Guardiola best option for Mbappe

Burnley manager Vincent Kompany says Kylian Mbappe needs to sign for Manchester City.

The 23-year-old PSG forward helped Les Bleus thrash Australia 4-1 in their World Cup opener on Tuesday night, with a goal and an assist for Didier Deschamps' side.

But Kompany insisted football fans will only see the best version of Mbappe if he moves to the "best coach in the best league" - which he believes is Guardiola's City, his former club.

He said: "There are few players that give you that feeling: Ronaldinho, Messi, Ronaldo. You have no solutions. If he can keep doing what he does, it's very difficult to limit a player like this... With France they have a big player who can do that."

Kompany then had his say on Mbappe potentially leaving PSG, adding: "I think that is what we expect him to do. (But) he wants to win the Champions League with PSG, it will mean a lot to him.

"Put the best player with the best coach in the best league in the world and I let you guess who that is! Manchester City, that's when you'll see the best version of him."

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