Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe has responded after being booed and jeered by the club’s supporters when he was substituted on against Real Oviedo last night.
The France international has been out of action recently with an injury, but it’s been a chaotic time at the Bernabeu, and fans are generally unhappy with the state of the team.
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This has led to some conspiracy theories taking off about Mbappe not really being injured and simply choosing to go on holiday during the season, though the 27-year-old has hit out at these claims, insisting he was given permission to take a break.
On top of that, Mbappe aimed a dig at caretaker manager Alvaro Arbeloa by saying that he felt he was fit enough to play in the recent El Clasico match against Barcelona, only to be left out and told he was now the fourth choice forward.
Kylian Mbappe quotes as he responds to Real Madrid fans and aims dig at Alvaro Arbeloa
Speaking in the mixed zone last night, as quoted and translated by Football Espana, Mbappe had some interesting things to say about his rather crazy situation with the Madrid fans at the moment.
? WOW…the reaction from the Real Madrid fans when Kylian Mbappe was subbed on against Oviedo…?
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“It’s a shame not to play in El Clasico, a match that I love because I always score. It was a shame. But the whistles… it is life. We cannot change the opinion of angry people,” Mbappe said.
“It is a way of expressing their opinion and you should not take it personally. I’ve been whistled many times in my career. It’s the life of a Real Madrid player, and especially someone famous like me.
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“I don’t know (why they whistled). I had the club’s authorisation not to be in Madrid and I wasn’t the only one in the squad who wasn’t there (at El Clasico). But these are things that must be accepted. We must look ahead and…
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