If there is a French player who knows the difficulty of landing at Real Madrid in the shoes of an attacker as is the case for Kylian Mbappé, it is him. Nicolas Anelka, who arrived in the Spanish capital in 1999 at the age of 20, with an extremely promising spell at Arsenal, cannot help but draw a parallel between his failure and Mbappé's laborious beginnings.
“When I see Mbappé and what he is going through, I see myself 25 years ago,” said the former Chelsea player at RMC Sport. I had just arrived, Real had won the Champions League two years before. A team was already in place. The president pushed for me to come. I didn't really have any room. I had the same difficulties, I was 20 years old. » Anelka is also concerned about the psychological state of the attacker trained in Monaco and urges him to be patient.
Mbappé scores against Getafe
“We have to be patient. I arrived with a locker room that didn't want me to come. A lot happened during the season. I made the decision to leave. Kylian has a different character, he can agree to wait. » Scorer against Getafe this afternoon after a still sluggish start to the match, Mbappé may have listened to the advice of good old Nico.
