Kylian Mbappé’s Struggles at Real Madrid: Pundit Reveals Who’s Responsible

Kylian Mbappé’s start at Real Madrid has been a bit rocky. Despite contributing eight goals and two assists in 15 appearances, he’s still adapting to the team’s style of play.

His El Clásico debut was especially tough, with Real Madrid suffering a 4-0 defeat to Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu on October 26. The struggles continued on Tuesday, as they fell 3-1 to AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League.

That loss marked Real Madrid’s second straight home defeat, with a combined score of 7-1 across both games. PSG’s all-time top scorer had difficulty making a significant impact throughout both matches.

Is Florentino Pérez to blame for Kylian Mbappé situation?

Following the loss to AC Milan, a report surfaced suggesting that Carlo Ancelotti’s future is now in jeopardy. Until then, it hadn’t seemed likely that he would be dismissed during the season, though a lack of success could have led to his departure at the end of the campaign.

Nonetheless, if Real Madrid fired Ancelotti, the blame should be solely on club president Florentino Pérez for causing this situation.

“Florentino Pérez is giving Ancelotti a poisoned gift,” Olivier Rouyer said on L’ÉQUIPE du soir. “In the end, imagine Madrid loses the next match in the Champions League, I don’t know against whom, I’m sorry, and the match after that. But Ancelotti might get fired because, precisely, Ancelotti has this problem: ‘What do I do with Mbappé? Since I can’t put him on the left.’

“It’s a serious problem. You know why? Because of the timing of Mbappé’s transfer. It’s not right. We all agree. If he had left in 2022, Vinicius, who was at Real, would have had his left wing. The problem is that the two years that delayed his transfer allowed Vinicius to explode. We agree. And it messed up the balance.”

This week, SPORT reported that Real Madrid plan to prioritize Kylian Mbappé over Vinicius, to use him on the left wing. The club’s sporting project will focus on Mbappé rather than Vinicius.