Kylian Mbappe drops out of Real Madrid squad for El Clasico

Kylian Mbappe drops out of Real Madrid squad for El Clasico

Real Madrid must defeat Barcelona in Sunday’s El Clasico showdown at the Spotify Camp Nou if they are to keep the La Liga title race alive for another week, but their task won’t be easy, given they will be missing crucial players.

It was already confirmed that Fede Valverde will not be involved after suffering a concussion in his training ground bust-up with Aurelien Tchouameni, while the likes of Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao and Arda Guler are also ruled out due to injury. This list has now been added to in the last few hours by Kylian Mbappe, who’s dropped out of the Real Madrid squad that is travelling to Catalonia.

Mbappe had been expected to play some part in El Clasico, but that is no longer the case. He was not named in Alvaro Arbeloa’s squad for the match, with the decision having been reached on Sunday morning.

As per Diario AS, Mbappe was unable to complete Saturday’s training session due to discomfort. He had been pencilled in for minutes off the bench at the Spotify Camp Nou, but ultimately, the decision was taken for him not to be risked, meaning that Real Madrid are one attacker down for El Clasico.