It’s a scene that did not fail to provoke a reaction… Named Golden Shoe of the 2024-2025 season with his 31 goals scored in La Liga, ahead of Viktor Gyökeres and his 39 goals – downgraded due to a lower coefficient awarded to goals scored in the Portuguese championship – Kylian Mbappé was celebrated by Real Madrid this Friday.
A large ceremony was organized by the White House, in the presence of all the players and President Florentino Perez. A moment which made Walid Acherchour uncomfortable, who does not understand how a club of the size of Real Madrid can come to celebrate a Golden Shoe with great fanfare after such a disappointing 2024-2025 financial year.
“Who are we kidding with this ceremony? I saw the pictures, and I was embarrassed. What is that, frankly, for a Golden Shoe that normally shouldn’t be his? I have nothing against Kylian Mbappé. But in a club like Real Madrid which has won exceptional individual and collective distinctions, and after a season during which they were rotated by Arsenal, PSG, Barça, they highlight an individual distinction. For football, it’s dramatic”castigated the journalist on RMC.
“It’s dramatic, we’re making fun of football”
And to add another layer: “ A little decency, you are Real Madrid, the biggest club in the world. For me, that’s pitiful. It’s petty. They’re not going to the Ballon d’Or, but there, they’re having their little ceremony. It’s dramatic, we’re making fun of football. All that was missing was the parade afterwards », Launched Walid Acherchour.
For his part, Kylian Mbappé did not shy away from his pleasure. “ This is the first time I have won this award which means a lot to me as a striker “, declared the captain of the Blues after receiving his trophy, before looking ahead to the future: “ We have an incredible group. I hope we will win a lot of trophies this year, because the most important are the collective trophies. And I believe that with all the people I see here we can gain a lot. »
