Mbappé alone absent from the club’s traditional end-of-year meal

Real Madrid organized its traditional Christmas meal, where Mbappé was notably absent. The reason was not due to his current muscle injury.

Florentino Perez chaired the Christmas lunch this Friday at the basketball pavilion of the Real Madrid sports city. The men’s and women’s football teams as well as the basketball teams came together to celebrate a meal which has become a tradition at the club.

Many were waiting to see Mbappé participate in the event, he who is making his debut in the region. However, the attacker did not go to dinner, due to a… fever.

“The men’s and women’s first teams of football and basketball gathered to celebrate the Christmas lunch, which took place in the basketball pavilion of Ciudad Real Madrid. Florentino Pérez presided over the event, at which Also attended by our honorary president, José Martínez Pirri, and several members of the board of directors,” is how the white club communicated.

“Florentino has just confirmed to me that Mbappé has a fever and was unable to go to the Christmas lunch,” reported journalist José Manuel Moreno. The Frenchman would therefore suffer, in addition to his injury, from a viral problem which prevented him from joining his teammates at the meal.

The question was raised following the announcement of Mbappé’s absence, as it seemed strange that he was not present at lunch only due to a slight muscle injury, while others like Carvajal, Alaba or Mendy were there.

The small problems are piling up for Mbappé, who is recovering from his muscular problem and should only return for the match against Sevilla on December 22. Ancelotti has confirmed that the player will be in the squad for the Intercontinental final in the middle of next week, but the options of seeing him play minutes in this meeting are very slim.