Mbappe ready for PSG showdown

Real Madrid star prepares to face his former side in Club World Cup semifinal

Kylian Mbappe will face his former teammates at Paris Saint-Germain for the first time since leaving the French club a year ago, as Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid revolution gets its biggest test yet in Wednesday's Club World Cup semifinal.

Mbappe should be remembered as a PSG legend, having spent seven prolific campaigns there, before departing as its all-time top scorer with 256 goals in 308 games.

But his legacy was somewhat tainted by the manner of his departure, with the sense among many that, for the few years of his time in Paris, he was just waiting for the right moment to move to Madrid, the club he had dreamed of representing since childhood.