Guardiola rules out Mbappé move as striker breaks 64-year-old record 

Records are there to be broken and Kylian Mbappé claimed another one in France Monday evening’s victory over Greece. 

A French record that had stood for 64 years, held by the legendary striker Just Fontaine, who passed away earlier this year aged 89.

With his 54th minute spot-kick, the PSG forward racked up a total of 54 goals for club and country in 2022/23 - the most goals any French player has scored in one season.

Kylian’s goals can be broken down as follows: 41 for PSG - 29 in Ligue 1, seven in the Champions League and one in the Coupe de France. On top of that, he has scored 13 goals at international level for France.

In 1957/58, Just Fontaine netted 34 league goals for Stade Reims - close to half of the team’s combined tally as they were crowned Ligue 1 champions for the fourth time in club history plus another five in the Coupe de France.

Like Mbappé, the striker also bagged 13 goals for France - a feat which is even more incredible considering all of those goals were scored in one edition of the World Cup. Fontaine found the back of the net in every game at Sweden 1958 - including hat tricks against Paraguay and Germany and braces against Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland.

Even today, no player has managed to score as many goals in a single edition of the World Cup - one of Fontaine’s records that appears to be safe, for now, and may never be surpassed.

Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Manchester City are not willing to make a move for Mbappe, whose contract with Paris Saint-Germain runs until the end of next season.

The Catalan coach claimed that Mbappe has already made up his mind regarding his next team amidst interest from Real Madrid.

"[Manchester City] will not make a move for Mbappe, everyone knows where he wants to go," Guardiola noted.

The Sky Blues coach went on to congratulate the Spanish national team after La Roja won the Nations League on Sunday night.

"I watched the Barcelona basketball game and then had dinner. I didn't watch [Spain]," he noted.

"But I know about the result. I congratulate the national team. Winning a tournament is always very difficult.

"They didn't mention Luis Enrique, who took them to the final. I missed a comment about Luis Enrique. Winning is very important. Congratulations to the coach and all the players. Many, many, many congratulations."

The former Barcelona coach does not believe that the club's president Joan Laporta will approach him to make a comeback soon.

"I don't think he will ask me to come back," Guardiola noted.

"We see each other once a year. He joined [for dinner] by coincidence. I was going to have dinner with Xavier Sala i Martin and my son.

"He had nowhere to dine and we did it together. I am a member and I hope that with the new Camp Nou they will keep my place. Barcelona has a great coach.

"[Xavi] has won the league. Hopefully he will be here for many years, and when he decides that his time is over, [Sergio] Busquets or another coach will come in."

Guardiola also discussed about Barcelona's interest in Ilkay Gundogan and expressed his desire to keep the German midfielder at Manchester City.

"I know Barcelona are interested, and so are City," Guardiola claimed.

"I hope he stays with us. If he goes to Barcelona, he will be an extraordinary signing. We are fighting for him to stay with us.

"I know Barcelona want him. Xavi, I know, has called him many times. If Barcelona sign him, I will tell him that he will have a great time".