Mbappe, the main scorer in La Liga this season with 18 targets. Picture: AFP
MADRID:
Actual Madrid coach Xabi Alonso admitted Saturday that he doesn’t know the way lengthy injured celebrity Kylian Mbappe can be sidelined for.
The French striker was recognized with a knee pressure on Wednesday, anticipated to maintain him out for at the very least three weeks.
“We’ll attempt to make it occur shortly, it relies upon so much on how he feels, however we’ll attempt to get him again as shortly as attainable,” Alonso instructed a information convention.
“When is as quickly as attainable? That’s the query. I don’t know.”
The coach stated he hopes Mbappe can be again to participate within the Spanish Tremendous Cup, with Los Blancos going through rivals Atletico Madrid within the semi-final on January 8.
Mbappe, 27, is Madrid’s prime goalscorer with 29 targets this season throughout all competitions in 24 appearances.
Alonso can be with out the striker for Sunday’s La Liga conflict in opposition to Actual Betis on the Santiago Bernabeu.
Madrid path leaders Barcelona by 4 factors, with the Catalans visiting metropolis rivals Espanyol on Saturday.
Alonso got here beneath heavy strain in December amid Madrid’s inconsistent type, together with his future nonetheless on the road within the weeks forward.
One brilliant spot was Brazilian ahead Rodrygo Goes bursting into type in direction of the tip of 2025, and Alonso needs him to proceed in the identical vein.
“He performed some excellent video games on the finish of the yr… we want him, like everybody else,” stated Alonso.
“To make up for Kylian’s absence we’ve got totally different choices, and Rodrygo is one among them.”
Mbappe has loved a stellar 2025, equalling Cristiano Ronaldo’s membership file 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 at present seven targets away from the subsequent finest this season, Barca’s Ferran Torres.
