Former Canal+ sports director, Cyril Linette criticized Kylian Mbappé's choice to join Real Madrid last summer.
After refusing to extend his lease at PSG, Kylian Mbappé decided to join the club of his dreams, Real Madrid, on a free last summer. An expected choice, but difficult to understand for Cyril Linette. Indeed, for the former general manager of the L'Equipe group, the decision of the kid from Bondy to continue his career with the Merengue makes no sense from a sporting point of view.
It must be said that in its preferred position, on the left side of the attack, the White House already has what is best in the world with Vinicius Junior. Therefore, since the start of the season,
except during the last match this weekend against Leganésthe “Kyk’s” evolved as a center forward. A position that he does not like and where he does not feel most comfortable.
Linette on Mbappé: “I don’t see what exceptional things he can accomplish at Real”
« I'm not saying that Mbappé is heading towards failure but he is joining a club where, in his position, there is a player at least as good as him. This doesn't make any sense. He will have spent his entire career playing in clubs where there is a left winger at least as good as him, with Neymar at PSG and Vinicius at Real. », declared the former candidate for the presidency of the LFP on the airwaves of RMC.
For Cyril Linette, Kylian Mbappé would have been better off trying the adventure in the Premier League, with Manchester United in particular, where he could have “ write a beautiful story ». « He could have gone to England… tried to revive Manchester United, for example, he estimated. There, he could have played his position and could have written a great story. I don't see what exceptional things he can accomplish at Real, who have already done everything without him. »
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