Kylian Mbappé worries Real Madrid and Spain. On Wednesday evening, the Spanish press multiplied articles concerning the KM10 case. Hit in the ankle with the Merengues, the Frenchman went to Clairefontaine to have his injury noted as required by the protocol put in place by the Blues staff. DD and his teams felt that the 26-year-old striker could stay with them. But he received special treatment. Sparing the first days, he did not take part in the sessions. On Wednesday, he ran alongside Ibrahima Konaté before joining his teammates for around thirty minutes. He then returned to the locker room. Rather negative signs two days before the match against Azerbaijan counting for the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The Iberian media assured that Bondy's star would be preserved for this match and that he could play the next one. In France, the press was rather optimistic. And she was right to be. Yesterday, Mbappé appeared at a press conference and wanted to reassure everyone. “We talk about it more in France compared to the last gathering. That's always the problem, it's the clubs who pay, they don't want to risk losing a player but we players want to come. The club has never been a hindrance, always very understanding. I want to play, the coach wants me to play, I think there will be no problem. I feel good, we talk with the coach. I'm going to train today (yesterday), it's the last test but I don't have any particular concerns.
Mbappé “challenges” a disastrous Real Madrid
Didier Deschamps did it again a few minutes later. “It's more his sensitivity in relation to his ankle, he followed the planned program. He has to train tonight. If all goes well, he will be affected tomorrow (Friday).” The debate was therefore closed. But in Spain, this announcement has caused a lot of talk in recent hours, particularly in the columns of A.S.. “Real Madrid will have their fingers crossed as they sit in front of the TV this evening to see what happens at the Parc des Princes in Paris. The possibility that Mbappé will start is real, despite the fact that he left for this break after withdrawing from the match against Villarreal with a sprained ankle and that of the four sessions with France, he only completed one, yesterday. It makes sense that Madrid would be nervous about Mbappé's troubles turning into something more serious: he has 14 goals in ten matches and has been responsible for 54% of the goals scored.
A.S. continues: “Kylian is not just another and the Clasico against Barcelona is fast approaching, on Sunday October 26. But everything indicates that the Parisian will play this evening, as he himself clarified yesterday. The mere fact that he came out to appear before the media is already an indicator that he doesn't want a supporting role for this break. In Madrid they assume that he went to the rally to play, otherwise he would have negotiated with the French Federation to be released. These are two duels, against Azerbaijan and Iceland, which are not matches where France is playing for life or death, but in which Kylian has things at stake. Meanwhile, in Madrid, they are praying everything they can so that Kylian's ankle doesn't say more…” His case is therefore still of great concern to the Merengues, who have no say. Kylian Mbappé challenges Real Madridtitle by the way Mundo Deportivo this Friday morning.
The Spanish press does not understand his choice at all
The Catalan publication then developed: “despite the Merengues' fears about his ankle, the Frenchman has made it clear that he wants to play with the French team in today's match against Azerbaijan (…) Mbappé is in France with his national team and at Real Madrid, they are very aware of his physical condition. More specifically, the right ankle, on which he suffered a sprain against Villarreal. With this injury, Mbappé left for the French training camp and made him want to stay, although Real Madrid would not have frowned at a return to Valdebebas. Mbappé has barely trained these days with his teammates and it looked like in today's match against Azerbaijan he wasn't going to get any minutes. However, Mbappe clarified that if he is with the national team, it is to play. A very risky choice but accepted by the Frenchman.
For his part, Sport believes that “Mbappé warns Madrid”. The Spanish media then wrote: “Mbappé does not want to miss the next two matches of the France team. In front of the microphones, he downplayed the importance of the subject (…) Mbappé is very important for the national team and for Real Madrid. After a difficult first year, the Frenchman managed to turn the situation around (…) In Madrid, there are fears that he will get injured again a few weeks before the Clasico. Which was also at the center of the debates in the show El Chiringuito. One of the journalists present on set, who believes that he is playing with fire, blurted out: “the national team doesn’t pay him, the club does.” Another added: “If I were in Mbappé’s place… I wouldn’t play.” He was defended by a journalist from the show. “We are very unfair to him, he is not a reckless person.” What is certain is that KM10 and DD are expected around the corner in Spain, where the Mbappé case is sending a lot of people into a frenzy.
