PSG may have Kylian Mbappé's heir with Bradley Barcola. Having started the season with a bang, the French international is the top scorer in Ligue 1. And if he were to finish the 2024-2025 financial year as such, the 22-year-old winger could already make history of the French championship.
The departure of Kylian Mbappé au Real Madrid left a big void PSGand the Parisian leaders have not recruited anyone to fill it. Luis Enrique then focused on the elements already present at the club, and in particular Bradley Barcola. The French international immediately took Kylian Mbappé's place on the left wing, and he started the season with a bang. The 22-year-old is currently the top scorer in Ligue 1 with 8 achievements, ahead Jonathan David (7 goals) and Mason Greenwood (6 buts).
Barcola will succeed Mbappé in the history of Ligue 1?
If he continues his momentum and ends up being crowned top scorer in the championship at the end of the season, Bradley Barcola could mark the history of Ligue 1. The crack of PSG would become the second winger to obtain such an award after Kylian Mbappé. The new striker Real Madrid won this distinction for the first time in 2018-2019. The native of Bondy then dominated the scorers' rankings for the following five years. But before the 25-year-old star, no winger had managed to become top scorer. Eden Hazard came very close in 2011-2012, but finally saw Olivier Giroud finish in front of him.
Barcola will join a very nice club?
In the history of Ligue 1he is a number 9 who almost every time finished top scorer in a season. Jean-Pierre Papin was done five times between 1987 and 1993 with theABOUTlike Carlos Bianchi (three with Reims, two with PSG) and Delio Onnis (two with Monaco, two with Tours, one with Toulon). Zlatan Ibrahimovic took the title three times with the PSGjust like Pedro Miguel Pauleta (one with Bordeaux, two with PSG) and Sonny Anderson (one with Monaco, two with OL). Bradley Barcola could therefore achieve a truly historic coup if he were to succeed Kylian Mbappé and become the second winger to be crowned top scorer this season. To be continued…
