Despite his difficulties since the start of the season, Kylian Mbappé was right to join Real Madrid according to Pascal Dupraz, while Cyril Linette believes that the 2018 world champion would have been better off signing… for Manchester United. The debate animated Les Grandes Gueules du Sport this Sunday on RMC.
Everything started well though. With a goal, a victory and a trophy. On August 14, Real Madrid won the European Super Cup against Atalanta (2-0) for the big debut of Kylian Mbappé. But things quickly got complicated. And three months later, the euphoria of the first days has subsided in the Spanish capital. The fault lies in disappointing performances, an honorable statistical record (8 goals in 16 matches) which does not mask his difficulties at the forefront of the attack, without forgetting an extra-sporting affair and a situation with the French team which makes talk a lot.
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If Carlo Ancelotti maintains his confidence in him and continues to ask for patience, some are already asking the question: did Mbappé make the right choice by joining Real? Should he have stayed in Paris or favored another project in Europe? The debate animated Les Grandes Gueules du Sport this Sunday morning on RMC. And not everyone at the table agreed. “If we refer to his stats, yes there is a huge disappointment. He is far from his usual standards. But we cannot stop at that. We have to take into account the whole context, his last season at PSG , and arriving at Real Remember Zinedine Zidane's first complicated months in Madrid… Mbappé did not make the wrong choice, but he needs time, to remain humble and to work. Sarah Pitkowski, where Cyril Linette would have preferred to see Mbappé take charge last summer… of England.
Dupraz predicts a general “turnaround”
“I'm not saying that Mbappé is heading towards failure. But he joined a club where there is a player at least as strong as him. That makes no sense. He will have spent his career playing in clubs where there is another left winger at least as strong as him, with Neymar at PSG and Vinicius at Real. He could have gone to England, for example, to try to revive Manchester United. There he would have played in his position and could have. write a beautiful story. “I don't see what exceptional things he will be able to achieve at Real, which was already doing it without him”, supported the former general director of PMU and L'Équipe, and defeated candidate in the election for the presidency of the LFP. Pascal Dupraz is convinced of Mbappé's future success in Madrid.
“First of all, we can't refuse Real, be serious. And then he has a rare quality: talent. That he lost his way, yes, we can take this argument into account. But he is young (25 years old) , he can make mistakes. He thinks he's the king of the world. Even the President of the Republic, when he wants to know if he should put sugar in his coffee, he calls Mbappé (laughs) That's it! normal that the kid no longer knows where he is… But all that will be sorted out, he’s an intelligent boy,” said the former Evian and Toulouse coach. What about its positioning in this case? Always more comfortable on the left, Mbappé is forced this season to go into exile in the axis, to leave his preferential lane to Vinicius Junior. Here again, no worries according to Dupraz.
“Mbappé is not a center forward,” he admitted. “But Vinicius will leave one day. He will go to Manchester City, where we cannot fight financially. For Mbappé, it takes time to adapt. It's harder than he thought, he some setbacks. But he is learning the role of center forward, you will see that he will be able to perform before the end of the season, and there is no better place than Real. to progress. made the right choice. You will all see it! Everyone will turn around, including the French team.”
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