The big week for Kylian Mbappe as a new Real Madrid player has finally arrived. The French player, debuted on Tuesday, July 16, ending a 7-year wait for both sides.
He and Los Blancos both hope that in the next 5 years, achievements will come, with the Champions League for the team and the Golden Ball for the French striker. But there's plenty of time for that.
Mbappe's debut day is reminiscent of other galácticos such as Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in 2009, or Eden Hazard.
The launch marked a departure quite similar to what happened at the beginning of the century, when the Royal team introduced Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo de Lima, and David Beckham.
After Mbappe's debut, fans' jersey fever has not stopped. As for the 25-year-old striker, even though he has debuted, he will not immediately practice with coach Carlo Ancelotti.
According to the plan, Mbappe will have a vacation of about 3 weeks and will only focus on August 6. That was also the time when the coaching staff agreed to let the players compete with the team in the semi-finals and finals of the last two major tournaments, EURO 2024 and Copa America 2024.
On that day, Dani Carvajal and Jude Bellingham (EURO 24 finalists), Eduardo Camavinga, Mbappe, Ferland Mendy, Aurelien Tchouameni (EURO 24 semi-finals) and Federico Valverde (Copa América semi-finals) will return to Valdebebas.
That means they will miss all three of Real Madrid's friendly matches in the US - against AC Milan (1.8), Barcelona (4.8) and Chelsea (7.8), respectively.
These 7 players will start training in Valdebebas to get ready for the season in which Los Blancos can play up to 72 matches in all competitions. Notably, they have 1 week to practice and get ready for the European Super Cup match against Atalanta on August 15.
With such time, it is likely that Mbappe and his new teammates will shorten their break to return to training early, ensuring they are in the best physical condition for the rookie's chance to win his first title in his new jersey. French.
In 2014, Toni Kroos debuted for Real Madrid in the European Super Cup after just a few training sessions since winning the World Cup.
Just 4 days after the European Super Cup, Real Madrid will kick off their opening match in La Liga 2024-2025, with a trip to Mallorca.
Son Moix Stadium was also the location where Nicolas Anelka - another French striker, debuted for Real Madrid in the 1999-2000 season. Likewise David Beckham, but in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup, where Mallorca won 2-1, before Real Madrid won 3-0 in the second leg.
Jose Mourinho also made his debut as Madrid coach at Mallorca in 2010, alongside new signings Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira, Angel di Maria and Ricardo Carvalho.
