World Cup of Strikers | Messi, Mbappe and Haaland all strike gold
6/16/202643 min
Rio invites his old team mate Robbie Keane to his Airbnb to discuss the big-name strikers who have started so impressively at the World Cup.
With Mbappe and Haaland scoring braces and Messi going one better with a hat-trick - Keane declares this as a tournament that Kylian Mbappe can “take hold” of before debating whether Haaland or Zlatan is the better player.
Keane praises former team-mate Luka Modric and warns England about his playmaking abilities coming to the fore in the heat of the United States and also gives some brilliant insight into the mentality of Tuchel’s captain Harry Kane after he worked with Kane as a youngster at Tottenham.
Rio gives his advice to the players who are in line to make their tournament debut for the Three Lions and discusses the BBQ he threw for the famous names of Beverly Hills who pitched up to the Airbnb to enjoy their evening overlooking the Los Angeles sunset.#worldcup2026
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First 90 secondsRio Ferdinand· Host0:00
He's just about halfway through a career.
Joel Beya· Host0:01
That's good.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:02
He's not e- he's not even at the end.
Robbie Keane· Guest0:03
27.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:03
He's 27 years old.
Joel Beya· Host0:04
27, yeah.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:04
It's ridiculous, really. So when you put it that, like that, this guy's gonna, uh, he's gonna eclipse everybody.
Joel Beya· Host0:09
Mm.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:09
It's just that, uh, can he win another trophy, another World Cup?
Robbie Keane· Guest0:12
Thing is with Mbappe is, look at the players that he has around him in France. He will always get opportunities to score goals. Licha set him up about two or three times in the game. And you've got quality players like that. As a striker, me as a striker, you just p- you're praying, "Give them the ball, and I'll just be on the shoulder waiting for the m- the movement." And you seen the first goal- Yeah, top man ... with the movement. Great movement.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:34
That's Robbie Keane movement. [upbeat music] Well, yes, guys, welcome to another episode of Rare Presents. Um, we've smashed through another week of this. You know what? This weather, how can we get bored of this? This is a joke.
Joel Beya· Host0:48
Proper lovely- Yeah ... man, honestly.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:50
Oh, pure tanning, man.
Joel Beya· Host0:50
Yeah.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:51
Robbie, before we get into this, I mean, this is the second time we're doing the pod right from here, from the Airbnb house that we've got here in Beverly Hills, in the United States of America. Listen, I can't believe it. We're living the dream, right? But we've had some wonderful stuff going on, man. The host has hooked us up with a chef to come and cook us some food. You came for that, didn't you?
Robbie Keane· Guest1:06
Yeah, it was incredible.
Rio Ferdinand· Host1:07
Yeah, lovely.
Robbie Keane· Guest1:07
Thanks for having me.
Rio Ferdinand· Host1:08
Yeah, man.
Joel Beya· Host1:09
E- Me- medium rare?
Robbie Keane· Guest1:10
Yeah, absolutely.
Rio Ferdinand· Host1:11
[laughs] [laughs] What's better than being out here at the World Cup, in the States, watching the games, having your mates over?
Robbie Keane· Guest1:17
It was nice to be here, pal.
Rio Ferdinand· Host1:18
Yeah. We have loads of people here. A few people cooking for us and that. You brought the wife over. It was lovely, wasn't it?
Robbie Keane· Guest1:22
Yeah, that was nice. I used to just live down the street.
Rio Ferdinand· Host1:24
I know, I know.
Robbie Keane· Guest1:25
I know it's here, so it's nice to be back. It was good to have the barbecue, see everybody, see yourself and the guys,