One more Monday morning, Kylian Mbappé is destroyed in Spain. However, the Frenchman, injured, did not even participate in the victory against Espanyol on Sunday evening (2-0). But his trip to Italy with his girlfriend, Ester Exposito, went down very badly with Madrid public opinion, which has been angry for several days. Worse still for the Bondynois, Vinicius Jr once again performed well against the Catalans, and in Spain, the debate is still present on all TV sets and radios: wouldn’t Real Madrid be better without Kylian Mbappé?
One thing is certain, public opinion in Madrid is getting annoyed. “Madridismo is distancing itself from Mbappé”initials the newspaper A.S. on the front page of his site. The images of the Frenchman, landing in his private plane a few minutes before the kick-off of his team’s match which he was therefore unable to see live, went down badly, while the fans already did not understand why he had allowed himself a trip to Italy while he was injured. “All planning for injured players is supervised and managed by Real Madrid’s medical services, who are the ones who control when they have to go to Valdebebas and when they don’t. Each player in his free time does what he deems appropriate and in this I do not intervene”Arbeloa replied after the match.
Privileges that go bad
But the Madrid coach’s explanations are not really helpful… “If your injury is so serious, you don’t just go and spend your weekend elsewhere”said Juanma Castaño, famous Spanish journalist, on the Cadena COPE. Similar comments were made on all the nightly sports broadcasts on the other side of the Pyrenees. But the worst thing for Kylian Mbappé is not necessarily the opinion of journalists or supporters on this subject… but that of his teammates.
Indeed, as indicated Onda Cerosome players don’t understand why Kylian Mbappé leaves Madrid when he is injured. In addition to not liking to see him leave the Spanish capital and therefore the group as soon as he has the opportunity, they believe that he benefits from certain privileges that others do not have. “The players notice that there are privileges for some and not for others. I’ve never seen an injured player go to France for 4 days and Italy for 5 days.”explained journalist Alberto Pereiro. Enough to confirm information already published in Spain in recent weeks which spoke of internal discomfort with the Bondynois. Suffice it to say that if he manages to play this Clasico next Sunday, Mbappé had better deliver a superb performance to be forgiven…
