It would be a terrible blow for Real Madrid. French striker Kylian Mbappé, who broke a finger during the La Liga match against Celta Vigo on Sunday (2-0 defeat), did not train on Tuesday on the eve of the clash against Manchester City in the Champions League.
Hampered by a fracture in the ring finger of his left hand that occurred this weekend, the Madrid striker did not participate in collective training open to the media on Tuesday, just like his teammate with the French football team Eduardo Camavinga.
Questioned by AFP, the Spanish club confirmed that Mbappé’s absence was due to this finger injury, but that he had also finished the match lost against Celta Vigo with pain, without specifying its nature.
According to the Spanish press, the captain of the Blues is suffering from muscular discomfort in one knee and is therefore doubtful for the clash against Manchester City.
His withdrawal on Wednesday would greatly complicate the mission of Merengue coach Xabi Alonso, in the hot seat due to poor results and who absolutely must win to keep his position.
Kylian Mbappé, author of an exceptional start to the season in statistical terms with 25 goals in 21 matches in all competitions (9 in the Champions League), has been carrying Real at arm’s length since the arrival of the Basque technician this summer.
Victim of a blow to his knee on Sunday against Celta Vigo, Kylian Mbappé, the center forward of Real Madrid, did not train this Tuesday. His participation against Manchester City on Wednesday (9 p.m.) in the Champions League seems compromised.
Kylian Mbappé did not train this Tuesday with his teammates and, according to sources close to the Madrid club, he is very uncertain this Wednesday (9 p.m.) against Manchester City. Hit in a knee during Real Madrid’s defeat against Celta Vigo (0-2) on Sunday in La Liga, the French striker is still feeling too much pain which would prevent him, for the moment, from holding his place in the Champions League against the current second in the Premier League. But he will still test on match day.
If this absence is confirmed, it would then be added to those of Eder Militao, injured in the ischium against Vigo, replaced during the match and who will be out for four months, David Alaba (calf), Trent Alexander-Arnold (quadriceps), Dani Carvajal (knee), Ferland Mendy (ischio) and Dean Huijsen (knee).
In essence, Real is preparing to host City without 60% of its defenders, nor perhaps the player who has carried the team since the start of the season. Xabi Alonso, whose position has never seemed so shaky, could start Rodrygo and Vinicius up front, with Jude Bellingham as playmaker.
