The integration process for Kylian Mbappé was factually short, but seemed long given the expectations surrounding the player. Seven months later, the Frenchman has found his best version and he has become the undisputed leader of the locker room of the club “of his dreams”.
The idea of a Kylian Mbappé in the service of the collective, before anything else, only lasted a few months. Arriving with the desire to integrate as well as possible into a team of champions, trying to find a place among the stars already present, the Frenchman achieved this in barely six months. This integration strategy was initially logical with regard to its liabilities with the PSGand especially due to the fact that he had just accomplished his ultimate dream. And for this to last, we had to adopt the best methods.
“Vinicius Jr.? It will work with him, it’s up to me to adapt to the team and the players presenthe explained on the day of his presentation to the Santiago Bernabéu in a packed press room. It’s my priority, where I’m going to put all my energy and it’s the only thing I have in mind.”. And this is how the player’s first weeks in Madrid were marked. A good thing, a priori, for the locker room and for the club. While on the sidelines of this, the number 9 Merengue also had to find his former physique, after a last year in Ligue 1 complicated and a nose injuryEuro who had slowed him down.
But as is often the case in a process, there can be downs. And these hazards, Kylian Mbappé knew some. These first months of competition are marked by a player who seems to be only a shadow of himself, despite the goals he can score. Carlo Ancelotti struggling to find its collective version 2023-2024 and, beyond integrating its new star, we must find a balance since the departure of Toni Kroos. Nothing easy then. Whether it is the Italian coach or the French striker, each faces criticism from fans and the Spanish press for the first and the French press for the second.
So would placing your new star on a pedestal have been a better solution? We will never know, but there is no doubt that the bet would have been very risky with players who have won everything next to him. Now, seven months later, the observation is this: Kylian Mbappé rallied the club and the locker room Real Madrid to his cause. Which ? That of becoming number 1, the player he had accustomed us to be, with one last dream to accomplish: winning the Ballon d’or.
The locker room falls in love with Mbappé
Wanting to fit in is good. Becoming the leader of the team is better. Kylian Mbappé can now boast of having become who he is again, thanks to hard work, both on and off the field. Because to be the best on your team, you must first regain the physical form that made you shine. This was one of the objectives set with the club when he arrived last July. The Frenchman set down his suitcases in the Spanish capital without a personal physical trainer, but giving all the necessary freedom to the Real Madrid to help him find his best version.
Pour Antonio Pintus and company, everything goes as planned, because the Frenchman puts his all into it. The latter follows to the letter the plan prepared by the club’s chief physical trainer and he works in the facilities of the club. Real Madrid City like at a distance. Also, the two international breaks that he misses will do him good when it comes to making up for the physical preparation missed during the summer. And rest will be crucial for him to regenerate. And quickly, between October and November, Carlo Ancelotti will assure the press that the optimal version of the player is close.
-The echoes coming out of the club regarding the Frenchman’s state of mind have always been good – even perfect: “an educated boy, happy to be in Madrid, and with the desire to integrate as well as possible into his new club “. If in France, a certain press echoes a difficult integration of the player in the locker room with his teammates, in particular “the Brazilians”, several player entourages of the Spanish club assure Flashscore Newsweek after week, that everyone welcomed the captain of theFrench team with open arms. And not because the latter is a “dictator” (or other fad), but because Mbappé does what is necessary, from day one, to become one with his new wardrobe.
Very quickly, he formed an affinity with Brahim Diazbefore meeting his teammates in French team. And the more the weeks pass, the more his relationship with Vinicius Jr. – which many feared before his signing – becomes truly friendly, as the Brazilian’s entourage was able to confirm to us. From then on, his teammates will only expect one thing: that Mbappé regains his real level and offers them, and all those who believed in him, the goals whose Real Madrid needs.
The reality of the club ends up catching up with him: Mbappé, natural leader
“I can’t come to a club like Real Madrid and say ‘hey, pass me the ball’, like I’m the boss.”. This is what the player explained this Tuesday at a press conference before the match against Salzbourg. And, basically, it makes sense. But, factually, the reality was the following: the Frenchman had signed Real Madrid to be his leader, as was before him Cristiano Ronaldo. In any case, that’s why Florentino Perez has been so stubborn about signing it, despite all the events that have occurred since 2021.
It is obvious that the former player of the PSG perhaps forgotten, he who was much more focused on ensuring that his integration with his new teammates was going well. And it didn’t help with the fact that Carlo Ancelotti didn’t actually decide who the team’s penalty taker was, alternating week after week between him, Vinicius Jr. et Jude Bellingham. But since the beginning of January, the Italian has admitted that he finally had to “slice”a decision that appeared at the same time as Mbappé had found his best face…
Seven months later, Kylian Mbappéwho scored in every final he played with the Realwon two trophies (European Super Cup et Intercontinental Cup). Its figures are good and will continue to rise until next July with the news Club World Cup : 22 goals and 4 assists in 32 matches in all competitions.
Above all, the captain of theFrench team managed to rally all his teammates to his cause, based on humility, listening and decisive performances. Vinicius Jr.the man considered by many to be the best player in the world in 2023-2024, said after the victory against Salzbourg that the Frenchman was “came to help us”and that they “will help Mbappé to be Pichichi in all competitions”. Quite a statement from the Brazilian, which proves the desire that his teammates have for him to achieve his ultimate dream: the Ballon d’Or.
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