Kylian Mbappe breaks silence on Real Madrid drama – “Arbeloa told me I’m the fourth forward”

Kylian Mbappe breaks silence on Real Madrid drama – “Arbeloa told me I’m the fourth forward”

Kylian Mbappe made his return to action for Real Madrid in their 2-0 victory over Real Oviedo on Thursday. The French forward, who had missed the last few matches with a muscle injury, appeared as a second half substitute at the Bernabeu, at which point he was greeted by a chorus of boos and jeers.

After the match, Mbappe took the opportunity to break his silence after intense scrutiny over the last couple of weeks. Speaking in the Bernabeu mixed zone (via Diario AS), he reacted to the whistles that had been directed towards him by the Real Madrid supporters, while also addressing his recent travels to Italy.

“It’s a shame not to play in El Clasico, a match that I love because I always score. It was a shame. But the whistles… it is life. We cannot change the opinion of angry people. It is a way of expressing their opinion and you should not take it personally. I’ve been whistled many times in my career. It’s the life of a Real Madrid player, and especially someone famous like me.

“I don’t know (why they whistled). I had the club’s authorisation not to be in Madrid and I wasn’t the only one in the squad who wasn’t there (at El Clasico). But these are things that must be accepted. We must look ahead and change it.”

Mbappe on Arbeloa: I don’t have any problems with him

Mbappe was asked for his perspective on the decision not to start him against Oviedo, as he claimed that Alvaro Arbeloa has demoted him down the pecking order at Real Madrid.