There is no longer any doubt on the side of Valdebebas: the future of Real Madrid will be written around Kylian Mbappé. Recruit star last summer, the Frenchman gradually imposed himself as the player around which everything must turn. His uppercase performance against Barça during the Clásico (where he was decisive and surgical) finished convincing the last skeptics. The club is ready to reorganize everything for him, even if it means upsetting the balance of a cloakroom already rich in talent.
According to several sources close to the club, the future of Vinicius Jr, however major figure of the last coronation in the Champions League, is today pending. Worse: Rodrygo would have declined his tenure during the Clásico, refusing to play in the shadow of a duo Mbappé-Bellingham deemed too invasive. These internal tensions could lead to departures, volunteers or not, to give Mbappé the strategic space it requires.
Crisis at Real? When Mbappé waits for the balance of the locker room
In the corridors of Chamartín, we speak of a paradigm shift. Mbappé did not come to share the responsibilities: he wants to put them on. The club, in return, seems ready to redraw its sports project to respond to this ambition. In attack, in communication, and even in the internal hierarchy, everything converges towards him. The message is clear: Kylian is the present, and above all, the future.
Mbappé, the new center of gravity of Real Madrid
But everything is not yet perfect. As Antonio Romero, editorialist of
Marca,, “Mbappé has not yet fully met expectations, neither collectively nor individually. He signed to mark history, not to inflate his stats in anonymity ”. The journalist recalls that his initial prudence has penalized his performance, and that his beginnings lacked leadership.
Real Madrid therefore makes a strong bet: making Mbappé not only its technical leader, but also its emblem. A strategy that could bear fruit … or create flaws if the locker room does not follow. Because wanting to bet everything on a single man, even if he is called Kylian Mbappé, the most titled club in the world plays a dangerous part. But one thing is certain: Real does not stop at nothing to become eternal again.
