Alvaro Arbeloa’s indirect messages to Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe – ‘Talent alone isn’t enough’
Alvaro Arbeloa’s indirect messages to Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe – ‘Talent alone isn’t enough’ Kylian Mbappe has attracted the ire of the press in the Spanish capital, which is not entirely new, but it seems Real Madrid are not altogether happy with him either. The France captain left Madrid for a third time this season while recovering from injury, this time with the team in a delicate situation. As Real Madrid were kicking off against Espanyol on Sunday night, paparazzi captured images of Mbappe arriving back in Spain on a private jet with girlfriend Ester Exposito .
A scene that has not gone down well at all with Real Madrid President Florentino Perez . Asked about it after their win over Los Pericos, Arbeloa said that he was free to do as he pleased in his spare time. “All the planning for injured players is overseen and managed by Real Madrid’s medical staff, who control when players need to go to Valdebebas and when they don’t.
Beyond that, each player does what they deem appropriate in their free time, and I can’t interfere in that,” he told Marca . Directly or indirectly, five of the six questions that Arbeloa was asked were about Mbappe and commitment, the other being about Vinicius Junior’s performance. The Brazilian is being directly compared with Mbappe, with debate rife over who should be the main star at the club.
“I have no doubt about the commitment of any of my players. I think they all know how important these matches are for us. There has never been, there isn’t, and there never will be a bigger club than Real Madrid, and I think all my players understand this perfectly, what they represent, where they are, and how lucky they all are to be here.
” ‘To win any match, you need the commitment of every player’ One of the frustrations with Mbappe, and Vinicius for that matter, has been the lack of work-rate from their forwards, something that Arbeloa referenced during his press conference. He was asked if Vinicius was more committed than Mbappe. “I don’t make comparisons between players.