Mbappe Is Being Scapegoated At Real Madrid – Arsene Wenger

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has come out to defend Real Madrid forward, Kylian Mbappe. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Claiming that the Frenchman has been unfairly targeted during a turbulent second season in Spain, Wenger revealed that Mbappe has been made a scapegoat at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Arsene concluded by tipping the France captain to explode back into form at the upcoming World Cup.

His words, “There’s one man who is at the centre of all expectations: Kylian Mbappe. I’m ready to bet on it, he’s going to have a fantastic World Cup. He’s been unfairly criticised often this season. He landed in an average Real Madrid team. Real has three or four world-class players. Before, they had ten. Football is such that you always need a scapegoat. He’s become that.

Kylian has everything it takes to have a great World Cup. He’s physically fresh, he’s not overworked. I’ve seen players with 60 matches under their belts before the World Cup tell me, ‘I’m not making any progress in training and I have nothing left in my legs,’ but he’s not like that. There are international players who arrive completely exhausted. I haven’t seen many players have a great World Cup after a Champions League final.

I put them above the others. France have so much talent and Deschamps has experience. We have so many attacking players that the danger is being a little unbalanced offensively. But today, the modern player, even an attacking one, knows how to do his share of the defensive work. When you’re 0-0 against France with 20 minutes to go, you lose the match. Power makes the difference.

Kylian has character, a strong personality, and he knows how to rise to the occasion in big moments. He’s waiting for his opportunity. People tend to forget his exceptional talent.”

WOW.

Kylian Mbappe Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the France national team. Regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is renowned for his dribbling abilities, exceptional speed, and finishing.

Kylian Mbappé Lottin was born on 20 December 1998 in the 19th arrondissement of Paris and was raised in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. His father, Wilfrid , is originally from Cameroon, and, as well as being his agent, is a football coach. His mother, Fayza Lamari, is of Algerian Kabyle origin and is a former handball player.

He has a younger brother, Ethan, who plays in the Paris Saint-Germain Academy. Their older adoptive brother, Jirès Kembo Ekoko, is a former professional footballer.

On 22 February 2018, Mbappé was joined by former African strikers George Weah and Didier Drogba in a meeting with French President, Emmanuel Macron and FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the Élysée Palace in Paris, which focused on a sports development project in Africa. Mbappé stated that the development of African sport is important to him due to his parents’ African origins.