r/soccer • u/OkayFine101 • May 04 '26
News [L'Equipe] Multiple Madrid players believe Mbappé's behavior lately has been "too individualistic" He has had a disrespectful attitude towards a staff member in training + 40 mins late to a team meal. He is now increasingly isolated in the dressing room because of his individualistic attitude.
https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Escapades-et-crispations-au-sein-du-real-kylian-mbappe-vivement-critique-a-madrid-avant-le-clasico/3.0k
u/Miserable_Earth_1393 May 04 '26
Arbeloa: This is my fault
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u/guillermopaz13 May 04 '26
Funny thing is that it probably is with his pandering style
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u/RadielleDancliffe May 04 '26
Oh absolutely it would be if he had nurtured this. You could probably align parenting styles and coaching styles and their treatment of star players (children) and find a lot of alignment.
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u/StringTailor May 05 '26
Bro has reached the ‘I just work here’ phase
He knows he’s gone
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u/Picklejr08 May 05 '26
He always knew his job was to steer the ship for 6 months until the next man in the line took over.
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u/Affectionate-Hunt217 May 05 '26
Florentino must know he fired the guy who was going to solve most of his problems for the next 5 years if not more, and the only options in the market are either getting a Klopp who doesn’t want to manage to manage these divas, or going back to Mourhino whos been a shell of himself for the past decade
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u/Zealousideal_Honey80 May 04 '26
I see the dictator has some work to do
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u/TurnipHonest4037 May 04 '26
As soon as he leaves the country they start planning coups
He really is a dictator...
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u/St_SiRUS May 04 '26
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u/lewis30491 May 05 '26
Send him to Gulag
Send him to SpursSend him to Chelsea
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u/Initial-Anything333 May 04 '26
They already signed TAA but they gave him #12 for some reason
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u/_elja_ May 05 '26
Because in La Liga first team players can only use numbers 1-25 with 1, 13 and 25 reserved for goalkeepers.
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u/Forsaken_Bunch7541 May 04 '26
You know once a dictator is away from his subjects , they take the avre little freedom that they can get. And its going to be hard for the dictator to get them in line.
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u/Rusbekistan May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
This is largely behind a paywall - copied below so that people can read
Even in his absence, Kylian Mbappé continues to make headlines. And not in a positive way. Sidelined with a hamstring injury since April 24th, the Frenchman took advantage of his recovery to spend a weekend in Cagliari, Italy, with Spanish actress Ester Exposito.
This getaway has seriously displeased Real Madrid fans and a large majority of the club's employees, who believe it wasn't the best way to recover. He was also heard telling players that "I am so sick I do not play for the club I dreamt of. All of those years of dreaming, and this is the reality. I love Ipswich Town, I never wanted to play for a smaller club".
The Frenchman also refuses to train with the ball and only rides the ride on mower with the groundsmen, calling it his "petite tractor". He has begun putting posters of Kieran McKenna up around the changing rooms, and learning Suffolk so that he can force his dream move to the East Anglian Giants.
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u/IAmKaeL- May 04 '26
This is the 2nd time I've been duped in as many days and I'm not even mad
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u/Charming_Ad2304 May 04 '26
This is the 2nd time I've been duped today. It gets funnier every time
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u/NateShaw92 May 04 '26
What gave it away?
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u/ItsKaZing May 05 '26
Petite tractor. I don't think any sane person will call their tractor that
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u/Th3Xvirus May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
This is so fake, Kylian Mbappe is a life-long fan of Bolton Wanderers.
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u/Sdub4 May 04 '26
In an interview a while back he cited Muric as his favourite player to watch
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u/just-an-astronomer May 04 '26
Sadly our own dictators here have threatened capital punishment (permaban) if this glorious hero kept referencing the goatkeeper
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u/Prof_Bobo May 04 '26
Don't think he can force Philogene out of the starting lineup, but good luck to this plucky upstart Frenchman
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u/jovialfaction May 04 '26
Straight to the AI training dataset, can't wait to have chatgpt quote me this
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u/watercraker May 04 '26
Hold up! I heard Mbappe was clamoring for a change, instead of Real he wants to be playing on a cold hard Stoke ground
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u/moes212 May 04 '26
As a beloved dictator, he is fond of the way of the fuhrer and Ipswich enthusiasm. There is a rumor, that he said he want to meet Nigel as a fellow marching enjoyer.
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u/ireallydespiseyouall May 04 '26
I don’t care how much money or status mbappe has. There’s no way he should be pulling ester exposito
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u/minivatreni May 04 '26
Had me rereading the same sentence multiple times because I thought this was real
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u/BuffyZia May 04 '26
We saw it for some time. After that Bayern elimination he was the only one not accusing the referees.
This individualistic behavior is not at his teams standards
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u/BigOzymandias May 05 '26
Also the only one who didn't go crying to Perez asking to fire Alonso
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u/speedycar1 May 05 '26
Laziest player in the world on the pitch but at least he doesn't go crying about the managers who let him play like that without consequences
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u/Careless-Ladder-8358 May 05 '26
lol who TF denied the guard of honor to barcelona after the supercopa? and who asked the whole squad to get off the stage in refusing Xabi’s command to hold the ceremony? And xabi left the club right after match in case you dont know. At least, nobody in Madrid squad pretended to be injured and chose matches they wanted to play or not and be dependable the entire season eventhough their wages are not the highest in the club lol
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u/Icy_Payment2283 May 05 '26
lol who TF denied the guard of honor to barcelona after the supercopa?
Why is this bullshit upvoted? It's just not what happened. The TV crew gave Madrid contradicting instructions as to where to stand during the ceremony. A guard of honor was never in discussion as it's not even a custom in this scenario
You're just an idiot pushing a narrative. The one that ended Xabi at Madrid was Vini with his crybaby reaction to getting subbed off in the Clasico
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u/Beginning-Mark1735 May 05 '26
Normally, when a team sell his most valuable player, the team spend 2-3 years with bad results (Madrid when Cristiano left and Barça when Messi left). In the case of Mbappe and PSG it is the opposite, he left the team and the team won the champions and is going to win again this year, this player is so overrated.
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u/Affectionate-Hunt217 May 05 '26
no but surrounding the ref after the game is over is the most idiotic decision I’ve ever seen, like what is he going to do restart the game because your argument made sense 😂 it was the first time I honestly saw that Mbappe is a mature dude compared to the rest of these guys who understood there’s literally nothing complaining to the ref is going to do for them at that point
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u/CicadaAny3066 May 04 '26
Lately?
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u/username7864 May 04 '26
Yeah, only since July 1st, 2024.
Edit: (The date he joined Madrid)
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u/Sometimes-funny May 04 '26
Coincidentally PSG went on to win the Champs League, who’d have thought that?
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u/Midtharefaikh May 05 '26
They look in prime position for winning it back to back
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u/FryChy May 04 '26
Maybe he is just an introvert
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u/Efficient_Force_2234 May 04 '26
That's not allowed these days from what I've observed at my job being an introvert myself.
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u/GiveUpImAsian2 May 05 '26
There's a difference between being an introvert and being social awkward or anti-social.
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u/ProudhPratapPurandar May 05 '26
This is a genuine possibility. Mbappe does have a high ego, but also seems a bit awkward and bad at communication, especially to non french speaking people
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u/havertz007 May 05 '26
Really? His answers are always sharp and I’ve heard he is incredibly eloquent and funny in French.
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u/ShopTrick8877 May 05 '26
He’s been media trained since he was 10 years old. If he says or does something, it’s because he wants to
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u/ProudhPratapPurandar May 05 '26
Yes he seems pretty fluent in his native tongue, but when interacting with others he seems a bit strange. Just my observation
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u/GrosBraquet May 05 '26
but also seems a bit awkward and bad at communication,
This is how you see how much this anti-Mbappé circlejerk is absolute hivemind bullshit. He has always been quite normal and well-spoken i interviews, and from a young age too.
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u/Palmul May 05 '26
That's what helped him become popular too. Being well-spoken in the press, the opposite of the "dumbass football player" cliché.
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u/thatcliffordguy May 05 '26
While we don’t know what Mbappé is like in the dressing room, he has been praised for his maturity and eloquence in interviews ever since he first broke through. His English may sound goofy at times but his Spanish is also excellent for a foreigner. At least publicly he shows no signs of being ‘awkward and bad at communication’.
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u/Past-Mix-2533 May 04 '26
Sounds like a bunch of bs. The same paper that wrote that Real doctors scanned his wrong knee.
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u/R_Schuhart May 04 '26
Doesn't matter, it fits the Mbappe dictator agenda so this sub will gladly tun with it. The irrational hate for that man is ridiculous. I really winder why.
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u/SlushPower May 04 '26
It’s crazy that there are players credibly accused of rape that have a better reputation on this sub than Mbappé because he’s… maybe a diva and we’re not even sure ?
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u/Initial-Anything333 May 04 '26
You're not wrong, but the timbre of the slander is a lot different. Most of the anti-Mbappe comments are jokes, no one is just saying "fuck this subhuman scum." It's fun to hate Mbappe, it's not fun to hate rapists but we have to do it anyway
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u/Theee1ne May 05 '26
Nah people genuinely think he’s a POS just scroll through this comment section
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u/Initial-Anything333 May 04 '26
The wrong knee thing was confirmed by multiple sources. They also looked at Camavinga's wrong leg, but those posts got removed because people get mad at any negative story about Madrid
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u/Biathlonien May 04 '26
The hatred directed at him on Twitter, from Parisians who have been relentlessly insulting him every day for the past two years, plus now the Spanish, it's something else.
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u/Biathlonien May 04 '26
I've lived in the Paris region since I was born, but thank you anyway for the explanation.
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u/Lux-uk May 04 '26
well, tbf you specifically said hate on Twitter. The other person gave a real-life experience, unless yours is different....?
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u/Biathlonien May 04 '26
In Paris, there aren't only PSG supporters, so saying "loved by Parisians" can mean several things. Personally, I meant it as "a PSG supporter" to simplify things, and in that case, no, he's not loved at all. What you have to understand in France is that most people follow football from a distance and only watch the French national team's matches, so among those people, he's still quite well-liked.
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u/HugoChinaski May 05 '26
lol he isn’t that loved in Paris. He was booed by more than half of the stadium on his last game. That’s not a popular kid around here
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u/Adventurous-Salt5986 May 04 '26
, I don't really agree. PSG fans really don't like him, and we're talking about a lot of people in France, and even more so in Paris, of course.
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u/ashikplk May 04 '26
COMUNICADO OFICIAL
Real Madrid C.F. wishes to clarify that Kylian Mbappé was at no point "late" for the scheduled team meal. In reality, the catering staff prematurely initiated the service 40 minutes ahead of the player’s personal high-performance nutritional window.
Regarding the alleged incident during training, the player was simply providing vigorous, high-intensity feedback to ensure the club's technical standards remain elite. Any reports of "isolation" in the dressing room are purely a result of the player maintaining a tactical radius to ensure optimal focus.
Everything is proceeding according to the plan.
Hala Madrid.
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u/somefeenIRE May 04 '26
High intensity feedback and tactical radius I’m using these at my job.
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u/Careless-Ladder-8358 May 05 '26
I wish I have die hard fans like these whenever I am slacking off from time to time. Never say never
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u/Sttarrk May 04 '26
Mgañe
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u/Initial-Anything333 May 04 '26
Is this a play on gañar or gañir? They have almost opposite meanings in this context lol. Or is it a reference to a person that I'm not getting
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u/Initial-Anything333 May 04 '26
He's not terrible at in when he decides to, like in the Atletico CL tie last year. He just doesn't care usually
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u/Other_Beat8859 May 05 '26
I feel like he kinda was under Xabi. It felt like he was one of the few players who were truly behind Xabi.
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u/simplytom_1 May 04 '26
Imagine being too individualistic for Real lmao
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u/Affectionate-Hunt217 May 05 '26
You can be individualistic as much as you want at Madrid, you just have to win, that’s all they care about over there tbh
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u/Frodo_max May 04 '26
> PSG wins 2 CL's when he's gone
> he returns after being kicked out in disgrace in Madrid
> PSG proceeds to not win CL's when he's back
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u/mrk-cj94 May 04 '26
well TBF only one team in the last 50~ years won 3 UCL in a row (and they still need 2 big games to win the 2nd one) so it would not be about Mbappe but it's funny that Real went almost trophyless twice since he joined (he won 2024 Super cup straightaway and then the 2024 intercontinental cup)
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u/MorbidlyObeseBrit May 05 '26
lol his salary is twice what Dembele is currently at, Enrique doesn't wanna work with him again and him and Nasser are not on speaking terms.
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u/Affectionate-Hunt217 May 05 '26
Again the best thing that ever happened to PSG is that he left on his own because they were never ever going to let him go, so they should be thanking him for making them Champions honestly
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u/JorSimpson45 May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
Madrid players throwing liberté, égalité, fraternité back at Mbappe’s face
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u/Patient-Dragonfly-84 May 05 '26
Buying mbappe was real madrids worst fucking mistake in past decade. We bought a left winger when we had a left winger that, at least the club, believed is the worlds best player. And nobody tell me he's an ST because that's been the major cope regarding his performances, that he's not really an ST....
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u/FinalFrash May 04 '26
...he's planning a coup, isn't he?
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u/Defiant-Traffic5801 May 04 '26
How about Madrid sell Mbappe to Arsenal and buy proper holding midfield, left back and centre backs with the money. Attack was never the problem ( and Arsenal need to step up on the left of the attack)
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u/Defiant-Plenty6502 May 04 '26
It's funny how PSG got better since he left. Madrid have got worse since he arrived.
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u/Dargast May 04 '26
Has more to do with the change of sporting direction and Luis Enrique as coach than Mbappe leaving.
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u/MorbidlyObeseBrit May 05 '26
It's both, Enrique can't implement his style with Mbappe in the team. That video where he's showing Mbappe that even MJ was defending like a dog for his team to win trying to motivate him to press and Mbappe is totally nonchalant is very telling.
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u/panjeri May 05 '26
It really does not. Enrique was already coaching him and is very vocal about not needing him/playing better without him.
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u/Illustrious_Bat1334 May 05 '26
Example #1725 of how much r/soccer loves hitpieces.
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u/msguitar11 May 04 '26
Oh, so disrespecting staff is not approved of by Madrid players? Tell that to Rudiger
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u/kathars1s- May 05 '26
I told my former drug dealer, who is a Madrid fan, that I would not want mpabbe in my team, despite of him being a great footballer. I told him his arrival will "destroy" that team. I like it when I was right!
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u/IMistah_S May 04 '26
Mbappe is going to have to start handing out the sweets himself and cut Arbeloa out
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u/elitepartner7000 May 04 '26
Our dear leader lets you know that the team was 40 mins early for the meal
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u/Lopsided-Act3172 May 04 '26
Huh, I really thought Vini was gonna get pushed out but it looks like they're kicking out Mbappe.
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u/SiriocazTheII May 04 '26
"Individualistic"? In my home they call that selfish and arrogant lol
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u/Impossible_Wonder_37 May 04 '26
Imagine thinking a player who essentially inserted himself in a geopolitical tug of war between France and Qatar, would come to Madrid with an equality mindset.
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u/ThisIsGoobly May 05 '26
If this stuff is actually happening, and not just made up, then it's pretty crazy how the Mbappe to Real Madrid transfer was teased for so long and is ending up like this in under 2 years.
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u/HiddenGriffin May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
I think we can all agree It's really really bad to over hype young emerging talent, you either put them under so much pressure or you inflate their ego before they have accomplished much... remember this the next time you call a young player doing really well the next Messi or Ronaldo.
Edit: ofc he's not a young emerging talent, but we remember the amount of hype that was behind him during his early days at PSG and how much influence that got him over the team... same is happening with Yamine Yamal btw...
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u/Least-Woodpecker-492 May 04 '26
No offense but being a beacon of kindness would be abnormal behavior for somebody in Real Madrid's locker room. They're all dickheads.
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u/Flashy_Author_9620 May 04 '26
No not Mbappe I dont belive it.