Stefanos Tsitsipas Channels His Inner Fanboy for Soccer Star Kylian Mbappe With an Endearing Message – ‘I Look Up to Him’

Idols are usually much older than the admirer, but seldom, they are of the same age. Stefanos Tsitsipas is one of the best players currently, and one of his idols is a French Soccer player and PSG superstar who is the same age as him. In a recent post, Tsitsipas is seen talking about the soccer player’s influence on his life.

Besides him, Tsitsipas also looks up to someone who is actually younger than him. The Spanish star who has grown immensely in the last two years has caught the fancy of the Greek player and the elder Tsitsipas has no qualms about looking up to him as his idol.

Stefanos Tsitsipas declares PSG star as his idol

Kylian Mbappé is the highest-paid soccer star who rose to prominence in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Although the world of soccer had started talking about him before, his performance in the World Cup took everyone by storm, and he has kept improving since then. His rise has enamored many sports personalities with him, Stefanos Tsitsipas being one of them. 

Tsitsipas said, “We’re born in the same year, and I’m looking up to him. You know he has achieved so much compared to me. I look up to him, honestly. I can consider him now one of my sports idols, and I’m not ashamed to say that because he truly is an icon.”

He continued, “I really admire his style, his personality; he’s a very interesting character. As much as I can, I want to connect with people like this. They have their story, I have my story, I find it in a way motivating and inspiring to connect with people like this.”

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The Greek player admires the French star and will continue to aim to look up to him for the rest of his career. While he is looking up to someone the same age as him. He also idolizes someone who is younger than him.

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ younger idol

Not many people in this world idolize someone who is much younger than them. But Tsitsipas is not one of those athletes. In the group stage of the Davis Cup, Greece faced Slovakia and found themselves on the losing end. After their defeat, Tsitsipas talked about how he couldn’t live up to someone he reveres, Carlos Alcaraz. 

Tsitsipas sees the Spaniard playing with determination and without fear, which he feels is something he should’ve done before he lost his bout. The Greek player has praised Alcaraz and talked highly about him many times. He idolizes the two young stars because of their will to keep fighting, which he’ll surely look to develop more in the future. 

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