Last summer, Kylian Mbappé made the choice to leave PSG to realize his dream and join Real Madrid. The Frenchman has since alternated between the good and the least good, but according to Jérôme Rothen, the first season of the 2018 world champion is simply a bitter failure, particularly illustrated by his performances against Arsenal.
With the biggest clubs, the bar is often put very high and this is particularly the case with the Real Madrid. This Thursday, the whole Spanish press came across the Madrid club which failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League After a new defeat against Arsenal (5-1 with cumulative). In this slump, a man is particularly pointed out, it is Kylian Mbappé.
“It’s a bitter failure”
In his show on RMC, Jérôme Rothen dwell on the case Kylian Mbappé. According to the former player of the Francethe striker of Real Madrid simply missed his first season in Spain. “We’re talking about Kylian Mbappé. He arrived in the club of his dreams with the ambition of winning all the trophies, including the Champions League, and to be among the best players in the world to win the Ballon d’Or. Collectively and individually, it is a failure. He will not have the Ballon d’Or this year. It is a bitter failure. He was found at the start of the season attenuating circumstances. It could be given an adaptation time. But when you are Mbappé, the adaptation time is shorter. He scored a lot of goals, but in the game it is catastrophic. »»
“What would have needed?” »»
A point of view that is not entirely shared by Emmanuel Petit. According to the 1998 world champion, the Real Madrid is poorly structured from a collective point of view, which does not help Kylian Mbappé. “The hyenas are released and gargles today. When I see the criticisms that fall on him since his departure from PSG, it is relentlessness. What would have needed? That he wins the Champions League and the Ballon d’Or? The championship is not yet folded. Real can also win the cup. We will do the accounts at the end of the season. I point to Mbappé’s responsibility, but is he the sole responsibility? Of course not. He scored around thirty goals … Is it a failure? You should not summarize your season to failure against Arsenal. It is a collective fiasco. The workforce is poorly calibrated. »»
