Real Madrid: Carlo Ancelotti’s confidences on the arrival of Kylian Mbappé

It’s only a matter of day. After a (very) long series, Kylian Mbappé will finally join Real Madrid. The French team striker will leave PSG after 7 seasons and join freely with the Merengue club which has dreamed of attracting him since the start of his career. If everything is completed, all that is missing is the formalization of the transfer. A formalization which should take place just after the Champions League final which will take place this Saturday evening between Real Madrid and Dortmund.

In the meantime, the different parties do not want to give up and Kylian Mbappé continues to keep the suspense going. “My next club will soon be official, it’s a matter of days. I’m very excited about it, I’m happy. We just have to wait a few days,” he told the BBC. On the Real Madrid side, Carlo Ancelotti constantly dodges questions from the Madrid press. And the Italian technician was again entitled to his share of questions about the Frenchman in an interview for Chiringuito de Jugones. If he tried to kick in again, the former PSG coach gave very interesting information on his future management of the squad and his tactics. “We will adapt to the players we are going to have, it is not negotiable” he first said.

No worries about managing egos

While the journalist had raised the question of a possible war of egos in the Madrid locker room with Bellingham, Vinicius and therefore Kylian Mbappé, Carlo Ancelotti wanted to make things clear. “Bellingham is very mature, he’s very serious, he doesn’t look like he’s 20 years old. He doesn’t look like a child like Arda Güler. Jude is more of a brother than a son. A lot of seriousness, a lot of professionalism, but little ego. confided the Italian technician before moving on. There is very little ego and that is a very important aspect of this team. Ego is not a bad thing, but it must be distinguished from personality. For example, I never had a player with the character, the c…, of Sergio Ramos, it was a spectacle. Pepe had little ego but a lot of personality. Cristiano Ronaldo, a lot of ego and a lot of personality. But ego is not bad, it goes hand in hand with personality.”

Enough to reassure Madrid supporters who feared that the arrival of Kylian Mbappé would upset the balance. Carlo Ancelotti therefore does not seem to fear this tense management of the Madrid stars. And he also wanted to explain why KM7 dreamed so much of joining Casa Blanca in his career. “Kylian Mbappé’s dream of playing for Real Madrid? I too dreamed of going to Real Madrid. I’ve been to many clubs, but Madrid and Milan have something special. To tell you, the other day, I suffered a lot from the defeat in the EuroLeague final (editor’s note: Real Madrid lost to Fenerbahçe in basketball)”. The integration of Kylian Mbappé into the Madrid squad has already begun and Carlo Ancelotti seems to be best placed to integrate the Bondynois into the team without a hitch both on and off the field.