{"id":164271,"date":"2025-06-07T00:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T00:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/164271\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T00:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T00:14:08","slug":"exciting-real-madrid-youngster-flooded-with-offers-from-spain-and-germany-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/164271\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting Real Madrid youngster flooded with offers from Spain and Germany – report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite starring in France\u2019s recent defeat to Spain in the UEFA Nations League semifinals, Kylian Mbappe continues to become a scapegoat for the French footballing fraternity.<\/p>\n

In a game where Barcelona players such as Lamine Yamal and Pedri dominated<\/a>, Mbappe was the lone wolf for Les Bleus. But despite that, the attacker continues to become a point of reference for French media and pundits.<\/p>\n

In one such instance, Mbappe has now faced the ire of former French footballer Jerome Rothen.<\/p>\n

Jerome Rothen\u2019s criticism of Mbappe<\/p>\n

In the wake of France\u2019s recent defeat to Spain in the UEFA Nations League semifinals, Rother pointed to Mbappe\u2019s leadership skills and said it was a mistake to give him the captain\u2019s armband.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think giving Kylian Mbappe the captain\u2019s armband was a mistake. There was a chance in September, October and November, with his absences from the French national team, to take the armband off him and let him focus only on his game,\u201d<\/strong> he said (h\/t RMC Sport<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Formerly of PSG and Rangers, Rothen was a French international who represented Les Bleus 13 times during his career.<\/p>\n

\"\"It was yet another disappointing evening for Mbappe (Photo by Alex Grimm\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Pointing out the flaws in Mbappe\u2019s game, the Frenchman questioned the attacker\u2019s enthusiasm, stating, \u201cThe problem is not whether he defends or not, because he makes an effort, but there are games where he no longer makes that effort. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as he doesn\u2019t have the ball at his feet, or when his team loses the ball, he doesn\u2019t run. Against Spain, we saw him press and come out with the ball. This allowed the French team to have possession of the ball.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rothen continued by stating that Mbappe should work more towards his team and not just himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Mbappe should do more in terms of teamwork, not just focus on himself. In one-on-one confrontations, he no longer makes the difference as he used to. He has to find something else,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n

However, Rothen did admit that Mbappe didn\u2019t have a bad game against Spain, but urged the Frenchman to become more of an example for the rest of the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Thursday night, he didn\u2019t have a bad game, I liked him. But he has to be able to make that shift towards team play, even with Real Madrid. From a player like him, we expect him to make his teammates better too. He has to be a reference,\u201d<\/strong> he concluded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite starring in France\u2019s recent defeat to Spain in the UEFA Nations League semifinals, Kylian Mbappe continues to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824,544,31603,68875],"class_list":{"0":"post-164271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-real-madrid","12":"tag-real-madrid-news","13":"tag-victor-munoz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114639201026271631","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}