Ines Rau

And as a youth, Kylian Mbappe started planning in earnest for his dazzling career, which perhaps awaited him when he came to fame (photo right with Thierry Henry and top left surrounded by Real Madrid posters). They were all good judges. Kylian Mbappe has been named as the world's best player, usurping Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured together top right) or Lionel Messi, whose powers are diminishing as a result of age. Mbappe is seldom out of the news in France. The dalliance with a transgender Playboy model Ines Rau (pictured below and other love interest Rose Bertram inset) and his lucrative new three-year deal with Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain, which may include his promise to stay loyal to France and refuse a similar generous offer made by Real Madrid), among other things.

In the World Cup tomorrow, he is the megastar striker who could break English hearts. And Kylian Mbappe has already scored a hat-trick, at least off the track, while being traced to not one but three glamorous people. Mbappe is widely regarded as the best footballer in the world and is now the tournament's top scorer with five goals in Qatar so far. Since signing an enthralling £547 million, three-year contract to play at Paris Saint Germain, his talent has made him one of the world's highest paid sportsmen.

Kylian Mbappé has already etched his name into the annals of international football at the tender age of 23. He already has one World Cup in his trophy cabinet and has scored a tournament-best five goals in Qatar (inset) in less than four games. But Mbappé, who told the New York Times earlier this year, is more than meets the eye: "I want to be more than just the guy who shoots the ball and then goes to his yacht and takes his money." MailOnline takes a deep dive into the life of France's leading light ahead of his match against the Three Lions in Doha on Saturday (14-year-old Mbappé pictured bottom right). On a yacht in Cannes, Mbappé was seen with transmodel Ines Rau. Love interest Rose Bertram pictured top right)