Everyone is talking about it. From France to Spain, the Kylian Mbappé case is making headlines this Friday. On the French side, it is his absence during the next Blues gathering which is causing ink to flow. Indeed, Didier Deschamps preferred to leave his captain in Madrid this time so that he could fully recover from his injury to the biceps femoris of his left leg contracted against Alavés on September 24. However, the Bondynois played around thirty minutes on Wednesday evening against Lille in the Champions League while there was talk in Spain of a three-week absence.
But KM9 pushed to participate in this meeting, which marked his return to France since his departure from PSG. Carlo Ancelotti and his staff accepted that he was on the trip and therefore played. But the 2018 world champion has logically not performed at his best level. He should be rested tomorrow for the meeting between the Merengues and Villarreal tomorrow at the Santiago-Bernabéu stadium. On the other side of the Pyrenees, this is one of the subjects that is getting people talking this Friday. The Mister will certainly provide several answers at the start of the afternoon during the traditional pre-match press briefing.
Mbappé promises to score at least 50 goals
But it’s not just his state of health that is of interest. This Friday, El Chiringuito revealed a small indiscretion about the French international with 86 caps and 68 goals. Indeed, Josep Pedrerol, the presenter of the famous Spanish show, confided that Kylian Mbappé made a promise to his teammates, as well as to Carlo Ancelotti, the staff and the managers of Real Madrid. “I’m going to score 50 goals (this season, editor’s note)”said the 25-year-old Frenchman, confident in his qualities and very ambitious under his new colors.
For the moment, the player born in 1998 has found the net 7 times in 10 appearances in all competitions (816 minutes played, 1 assist). In detail, he scored 5 goals in 7 La Liga matches. He also scored a goal in the European Super Cup and another in the Champions League (2 matches played). Well off to a good start, Kylian Mbappé, who had already admitted that he was not stopping himself from achieving this goal last August, is definitely determined this time. But he will still have to work extra hard to keep his promise. Especially since he did not reach this symbolic mark in Paris, where his tally remained stuck at 44 goals last year.
