Mbappe, the main scorer in La Liga this season with 18 targets. Photograph: AFP
MADRID:
Actual Madrid on Wednesday stated that Kylian Mbappe had suffered a knee sprain, delivering a blow to their bid to reel in Liga leaders Barcelona.
“After the assessments carried out at this time on our participant Kylian Mbappe by Actual Madrid’s medical providers, he was recognized with a sprain in his left knee. Awaiting evolution,” the membership stated in a press release.
Actual Madrid didn’t point out how lengthy the 27-year-old striker can be out for, however a supply near the France celebrity instructed AFP that he can be absent for a minimum of three weeks.
Mbappe, the main scorer in La Liga this season with 18 targets, is due to this fact a significant doubt for Sunday’s league match at dwelling to Actual Betis, Los Merengues’ first after the winter break as they path Barcelona by 4 factors.
He might additionally miss the Spanish Tremendous Cup semi-final towards arch-rivals Atletico Madrid in Saudi Arabia on January 8, in addition to a league fixture towards Levante and a Champions League conflict with former membership Monaco.
Actual didn’t say when or how Mbappe was injured, nonetheless he had skilled with the group on Tuesday.
He underwent an MRI scan on Wednesday.
Mbappe has loved a stellar 2025, equalling Cristiano Ronaldo’s membership document 59 targets in a calendar yr, and has at instances carried Actual Madrid, relieving some strain on under-fire coach Xabi Alonso.
He has scored 73 targets in 83 matches for Actual since making a free switch transfer to the Spanish giants from Paris Saint-Germain 18 months in the past.
He completed prime scorer in La Liga final season with 31 targets — 4 greater than Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski — and is presently seven targets away from the subsequent finest this season, Barca’s Ferran Torres.
His absence provides to these of Actual defenders Daniel Carvajal, Eder Militao, Trent Alexander-Arnold, midfielder Federico Valverde, and ahead Brahim Diaz who’s on the Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco.
