The (light) weight of French football.
According to comments relayed by RMC Sport, Jorge ValdanoReal Madrid legend, did not keep his tongue in his pocket. In an interview for the South German newspaperthe former Argentinian striker looked at Kylian Mbappé's adaptation difficulties to the White Housepointing out the low cultural weight of football in France.
Players who have become too robotic?
“In France, football does not have the same importance as in Spain”estimates Valdano, who compares the 200,000 French subscribers of DAZN, Ligue 1 broadcaster, to the leader status of Real Madrid, omnipresent in Spanish news seven days a week. According to him, this lack of cultural anchoring would have plunged Mbappé into a form of anxietycet “sworn enemy of the footballer”.
The 69-year-old ex-striker doesn't stop there. For him, Mbappé – like his friend Erling Haaland – symbolizes a new generation of stars shaped in the laboratory. “They are physical, almost robotic, dazzling but different from those who preceded them”he regrets.
A thesis that could hold up.
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