Far from the French team, in difficulty at Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé’s last months are complicated. Arriving in Spain this summer after leaving Paris Saint-Germain free, the French striker hoped to find his best football to shine with a club he had hoped to join since his early childhood. Unfortunately for him, things don’t go as planned and his adaptation difficulties begin to raise questions. Some people simply wonder if he is in the right place.
Even before he signed for Madrid, many observers wondered about the place that Carlo Ancelotti would give him. Much sharper in the left winger position, was the Bondynois going to compete with a Vinicius Junior installed in this corridor in Madrid, and largely superior to him last season? This was not the case since Carlo Ancelotti installed Mbappé in the center. A position which never allowed the Frenchman to express the quintessence of his talent. And this observation is not further contradicted with Real.
Real-Mbappé, a relationship doomed to failure?
But the president of “Casa Blanca”, Florentino Perez, wanted Kylian Mbappé. Twenty years after forging the famous “Galactics” team which notably brought together Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and even David Beckham and Luis Figo, the strong man of Real Madrid has relaunched a project of the same kind. A year after recruiting Jude Bellingham to partner him with Vinicius Junior, he did what was necessary to afford Kylian Mbappé. Even if it means that the sauce doesn’t take. And at the moment, the Frenchman’s experience resembles that of Michael Owen back in the day.
For The Guardianthe conclusion is almost already there. The English media did not hesitate to openly ask the question, wondering if Kylian Mbappé had simply chosen the wrong club by signing for Real Madrid. Despite his six goals in twelve La Liga matches, the 2018 world champion is surrounded by uncertainty. Will he manage to reverse an increasingly negative trend for him?
