Kylian Mbappé on Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki: ‘He has a gift. He is an innate and spectacular talent.’

Kylian Mbappé (26) was full of praise for teammate Rayan Cherki (22). The France captain says that the Manchester City forward “has a gift”. 

Cherki and Mbappé are both expected to start for France, against Ukraine on Thursday night as they look to book their place in next summer’s FIFA World Cup. The pair have previously faced each other when the former was at Olympique Lyonnais and the latter at Paris Saint-Germain. 

Cherki’s breakthrough into the national team set-up came…