Accompanied by his friend Achraf Hakimi, Kylian Mbappé is currently taking advantage of a few days off before the resumption of training at Real Madrid scheduled for August 4. But French occupies, as often, the media terrain. Last week, he was praised by the Spanish press who appreciated that he cut his vacation to attend the departure ceremony of Lucas Vazquez. He was the only player in the professional group present with Andriy Lunin. For the past few days, the Frenchman has been talking about him especially for his jersey number.
From km9 to km10
On the other side of the Pyrenees, it has been weeks, even months, that the press evokes the possibility for the 26 -year -old striker to recover number 10, left free after the departure of Luka Modric at the end of the contract. This week, Marca assured that he would be the owner of this legendary issue. Information confirmed by the principal interested in his X account. “10”simply wrote the captain of the French team. A selection with which he is already the owner of this issue.
But in club, his choice is a source of debate. There are those who believe that he is not a real number 10 and that he should not carry this number. Others believe that Derne Güler, who also postulated the succession of Modric, deserved him more than him. Finally, there are those who think that he can wear the number he wants and that he can change as Cristiano Ronaldo did. The Portuguese had borne the number 9 in its first year in Madrid before recovering the 7th. Which was a personal choice. Regarding the former PSG player, this choice was strongly suggested by Real Madrid.
Real Madrid is already rubbing its hands
Iberian media revealed that it was the Florentino Pérez club that asked his star to recover on the 10 and that she accepted. A decision by the Merengues motivated by several reasons. The first is that this legendary issue will allow him to assume an even more important role and have more leadership and responsibilities. “Mbappé does not only inherit 10: he accepts an inheritance. And he is called to write with him a memorable chapter in the history of whites ”specifies elsewhere Marca.
But that's not all. The Spanish daily adds that Real Madrid expects record sales of the Kylian Mbappé jersey. The tunic of last season flocked in the name of the Frenchman was snatched, even causing stock breaks very quickly and very long delivery times. This summer, the Madrid team expects a “almost unprecedented boom“And therefore to recover millions or even billions of euros. A huge jackpot in sight for residents of the Santiago-Bernabéu stadium, who now count on KM10 to explode everything on football fields as on the merchandising field.
