How high will Kylian Mbappe's expectations be at Real Madrid? 👀 | ESPN FC 

Dude this guy has asked about Mbappe's position every single show. I'm not kidding lol

Don’t forget, last season Jude Bellingham boosted Real Madrid to an extra level, which was the reason they won two major trophies. Jude had a huge impact overall. Hopefully, we can see the same from Mbappe as well.

As Messi fan, I can easily say that Ronaldo in his prime can score goals playing in different positions like LW,RW OR ST. You can't say same thing for Mbappe. Ronaldo was Monster.

Another episode of ESPN not trying to give CR7 his FULL CREDIT 😂😂😂 LAME 😒

No one will ever replace or come close to ronaldo

Kylian Mbappe as excited as we are about his move to Real Madrid, I think he’s under a lot of pressure to perform there. It’s not just because he’s going into this Real Madrid move coming off the back of a disappointing EUROs, when a player of his caliber is making the biggest transfer of his career where all the eyes are on you, you have to deliver and show to everyone that you’re made for the big stage and can perform in a proper league. He’s joining a team who was successful without him and now that Mbappe has been signed and how stacked Real Madrid are, they’re literally a favorite to win every competition they compete in meaning that anything less than a treble is a failure. With the team that they have and the manager he’s working under who has a great track record when it comes to attacking players, there’s no way that he’s going to flop there. If he doesn’t play well, as we saw with legends like Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, Real Madrid fans are so demanding and no matter how big of a player you are in football, you’ll get booed by their fans. If he scores 45+ goals next season, they either go trophy less or wins La Liga, gets knocked out of the Champions League very early, we’re going to be having the conversation about whether or not they were a better team without Mbappe as some people believed that Real Madrid don’t need him and think that he went there to save his career because he needs them. This is a legacy defining move for him because depending on what he achieves for club and country in the next couple of years, Mbappe is already the best player of our generation in the 2020s and he’ll cement himself as the face of football. I doubt that Mbappe will be anything less than a success at Real Madrid, even if he won’t ever replicate Messi and Ronaldo’s stats, he’ll be judged by how he performs, the amount of trophies he wins, his goals and assists, Ballon Dors champions league titles etc. .

Hopefully they win the treble in his first season

Oh Craig, Please!!!

Real Madrid is becoming the Justice League of Football

He will win league, champions league and balon de'or for sure.

Ronaldo came to real after winning champions league with Man U. Even though Mbappe has World Cup, he is yet to win the champions league together with other title as champions of Spain among others. That’s enough motivation for him.

Craig doesn’t have a single good word on mbappe he despises him lol

50+ goal’s he’s playing in a much better team, with tactics more suited to him, with a more stable squad and in a much less defensive and physical league, Ligue 1 is one of the most physical / defensive leagues in Europe, almost every team plays with five at the back and very low defensive line making it hard to score. It's easier to score 20+ goals a season in the Bundesliga or la liga for Bayern or Madrid than in Ligue 1 for PSG, I think he could have his best season ever in his first two seasons at Madrid

Bellingham can be as affective as Kroos with training. He has demonstrated that he can be as effective as playmaker as he was as striker all season.

You know you get a good analysis when Sid is on the show.

The expectation is that he settles down quickly given a lot of French teammates and the fact that he’s entering his prime. The coaches will look at him to add to what they have, not to take away from their current side. The outside will have outrageous expectations as always, but looking at it from a coaching perspective, I’m keen to see how he works alongside his new teammates

Nobody is talking about who will fill Kroos position

Hopefully Bellingham can play more defensive deep playmaker role that Kroos played... Before he came to RM i think that was his role at BvB. If he can do it RM can play either 4 4 2 or 4 3 3

100% agree with Craig, I’m concerned our midfield won’t be able to control big games and that will impact our forwards greatly. Also our back line is a mess as alaba is coming off a serious injury and we only have rudiger and militao. We need another CB, otherwise if someone gets injured it’s gonna get messy fast

Kylian Mbappé will be winning this first trophy with Real Madrid on August 14th.

How is guler not even mentioned 😂 he would feed mbappe like no other

it took ronaldo 5 years to win his 1st UCL with real madrid

Where Mbappe will play is not of your business 😂 the good news is, he can play and score anywhere. That's why he's a superstar 🌟

It's a no brainer question at all, same pressure and expectations similar to a superstar in football. It is highly recommended and a MUST for Real Madrid management, board of directors, coaching staff, people working in their club who are involved on the transfer-market to permanently sell who are currently out on loan to play for another football club, do not offer a loan with buy back clause or with a number or percentage rights, recall or return players that are currently on-loan by another football club to play for Real Madrid, ageing ((28) years old and above), inconsistent (due to limited playing time, never have played and always on the bench, poor defensively, not performing well) regardless of age, injury prone, those who are not comfortable playing in different position, that MUST happen on or before July 2027. We are referring to Modric, Vasquez, Daniel Carvajal Ramos "Dani Carvajal", Courtois, Alaba, Rudiger, Mendy, Daniel Ceballos Fernández "Dani Ceballos" Jesús Vallejo Lázaro "Jesus Vallejo", Francisco José García Torres "Fran Garcia", Diaz, Juan Miguel Latasa Fernández "Juanmi Latasa", Reinier Jesus Carvalho "Reinier", Nicolás "Nico" Paz Martínez, & Guler. Confirmed leaving Real Madrid as some will no longer renew, and a few getting sold permanently with a buy back clause on or before September 2024: Rafael Marín Zamora "Rafa Marin", Kroos, José Ignacio Fernández Iglesias "Nacho", José Luis Mato Sanmartín "Joselu", and Arrizabalaga. Once they get sold these are the players should be sign based on their positions on or before July 2027. Right Back: Jesus Fortea, Malo Gusto Left Back: Alphonso Davies, Joskol Gvardiol Centre Back: William Saliba Centre Defensive Midfielder: Rodrigo "Rodri" Cascante Centre or Attacking Midfield: Florian Wirtz, Franco Mastantuono Lastly Real Madrid must never offer a contract to these players for a RIGHT BACK position, that are inconsistent regardless of age, poor defensively, has disadvantage of height and strength (lacks muscles), proven already that unable to stop wingers/strikers in different leagues, injury-prone, has beyond 60 million euro's transfer-market value, and ageing 27 years old and above, and turning 27 years old and above on year 2027. We are referring to Darmian, Walker, Trippier, Di Lorenzo, Cancelo, Dumfries, Calabria, White, Mazraoui, Ryerson, Wan-Bissaka, Molina, Alexander-Arnold, Hakimi, Tomiyasu, Royal, Dalot, Porro, James, Boey, Frimpong, Couto, Livramento, Terracciano, Bradley, Sanchez, Lewis, Fresneda, Gray, & Lima.

Bellingham and Camavinga should often switch places

Craig is absolutely right about the loss of Toni Kroos, he's been the brain of the team for years, it's hard to quantify the loss or guess what the midfield is gonna look like

His expectations depend on how high Cubarsi's pockets are 😂

ESPN please leave Mbappé alone. Let him touch the ball first 😂

Expectation: Number 16

Young team superior potential but line breaking passes just became a massive hole. This young midfield is incredible and all can be box to box, but the passing will be incredibly missed. Modric can, sure, but he won’t start every game to do so.

I wouldn’t be surprised if arda gets a place in that midfield

Madrid will feel Kroos departure. He is a very intelligent player. One of the most.

I’m expecting Mboppe will be more Hazard than CR7

Expectation is taking penalties, stat padding 50 goals a season vs Almeria, Elche, Eibar, Cadiz, Olympiakos, Kiev, Malmo etc and win ballon do'r multiple times, just like his idol😂

He'll flop, get benched for 5 years then shipped off to Eibar

35 goals 15 assists minimum

He will ☑️

I was skeptical initially after the drama leading up to his arrival but seeing him emerge out if the tunnel in the stadium presentation, and that emotion in his face… I believe he will gel with the team.

I miss Nathan , Madrid fans are mad at craig for criticizing Mbappe kissing Madrid badge. And i am one of them because i'm madridristista.

For me the big question will be how Real Madrid does without Kroos. Will there be someone to take his place and role in the team? So far I don't think he is replaceable, as every player has his own style. Maybe someone DOES become the anchor, pass master and controller. Or maybe the team changes it's style and becomes a counter-attacking team, or plays a more dynamic attacking style. Who knows! It could turn out to be a difficult phase for them. Everyone's thinking Mbappe coming in will make the team even stronger, but they're not counting in that it will become weaker too with Kroos leaving.

What we can do wait and see how it goes because I remember last season the same people said Benzema has left which means Madrid has become more weaker they won't win anything this season as a Real Madrid fan I couldn't watch my team play up until November when my friends told me about Bellingham

The expectation should be befitting a player that is paid the highest salary (and received big sign-on bonus) at the club even though he is the newest member of a team full of champions that have already won plenty without him. For him to justify his compensation and all the drama that came with his transfer, there has to be a significant "value added" with his arrival. He can't be a Bale or James type of transfer--few bright moments, but not enough consistency over the years. He'll be crucified if he's another Hazard type of transfer. He will need to be a Cristiano/Benzema/Modric/Kroos type of a transfer to be labelled a success. Basically, he will need to elevate his game to be worthy of a club legend. That is the challenge for him. His talent suggests he is certainly capable of meeting the challenge. But what about his mentality? I have my doubts. Conversely, Bellingham (after only 1 season) has shown that he is fully capable of (and actually seems to enjoy) taking on the unique challenges of being a star at Real Madrid. Bellingham didn't go to Madrid to just be one-of-the-best of his era; he wants to be among the greatest-of-all-time. THAT is the sort of mentality Mbappe needs to have. If he wants to be considered the heir to Cristiano/Messi, then he needs to prove it.

To win big trophies no other reason!! If he wins big He’ll cement himself amongst the true goats of football

The galaticos back in the day won how many trophies? Something to look out for…

craig is right .. there is some concern on the medfield players of realmadrid

Mbappe will do well at Madrid, he can create his own chances too with pace to burn. He will run in behind, and he will put the chances away they create for him too.

Personally, I think he might be overrated

Bellingham is going straight in that central midfield role instead of camavinga, and tha attacking players will change throughout the season. Honestly Madrid plays so many games there will be no starting xi

Guys what about Endrick , is he going to be unveil or something cos i haven't heard news from him ?

Expectations are: if they dont win the 6 cups in a single year and match bayern and barca, its 100% a failure.

He will be a huge success, if he can make half the numbers CR7 half at madrid

Madrid needs a midfielder.

What if he loses champions league and el classico

he probably wants to score goals...take free kick, penalty kick

1. Let’s not talk about mbappe in the same sentence as Ronaldo. 2. Carlo is a great manager and he can get mbappe to be devastating playing from any forward position. 3. Mbappe hasn’t been brought in to win la liga and the champions league next year. He’s been brought in to win it for the next FIVE years.

His expectations will be high because Real Madrid has been waiting to sign him for a long time

Modric is still there lol

Not a peep about Enzo Fernandez today. Not surprised.

Craig Burnley is absolutely 100% right! I really dont think people have estimate just how much a big loss Toni Kroos will be on the midfield next season. Yes we could replace CR9, Benzema, Ramos etc.. But how do you replace Toni Kroos? YOU CANT!! It would be like Man City trying to replace Rodri or Milan to replace Pirlo! Toni Kroos was the conductor of the Real Madrid orchestra for a decade and the only possible replacement in current squad is Luka Modric. Maybe its going to work this next season, but then what?

Bruno Fernandes is the answer to that midfield.

Finaly espn is doing there job 😂😂😂

Real Madrid do not really need Mbappe sporting wise at all, the current team, with the quality they have in midfield and going forward is more than adequate. However, RM is also obsessed with milking whom ever to the last penny and realise they can gain millions in shirt sales alone from Mbappe, as well as many other income streams merely from having him under contract. I am quite certain Mbappe's presence will come at the detriment of the progress of players such as Guler, Diaz, and Endrick, perhaps even Rodrygo too, even though he's more than earned his place in the team. It'll be interesting to see my predictions come true over the course of the season.

Mandatory champions league, super cup, la liga

Craig😂😂😂😂This guy always finds something negative to say about Mbappe and Real Madrid.

Luka Modrić ,Val Verde, camavinga in the middle.

Everyone in Espn suddenly became a coach😅😅😅 We just lacking that midfield 6 good with the ball should be concern

Mbappe will score lots of goals but will destroy team chemistry. Unlike PSG, at Madrid it won't be all about him and he won't like that.

Real needs cb nacho is gone which means if militeo and alaba don't come back to normal its going to be difficult season

His Numbers will go down sharing goals with other super stars on the team. Dont like Camavinga behind Vini. should Camavinga start at the bench. Midfield is weak.

Real Madrid signing all the best players is becoming a bit boring, no one else gets to see these top players.

Espnfc is obsessed with tryna take rodrygo out of the pic.

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Mbappe is not going to do anything fantastic because Real Madrid is already a winning team. He's just guaranteed UCL title.

Dan Thomas isn't very sharp.

Expectations will be to win it all but Copa del Rey :D

And same sort of turnout for hazard

Camavinga as CM will be the weak link.. attack wise he is superb but defensively his positioning is terrible

his first game will be against Atalanta in the final, if he is champion it shows that he has a great future ahead of him, if he loses it proves that he has bad luck with clubs like Kane

I think the real question is how will they defend? Vini doesn't like to track back consistently and we all know Mbappe isn't going to do it. Unless they start dropping MSN lvls of goals they might run the risk of not outscoring the opponents if they start to struggle defensively

Mbappe will never be a great like CR7 as he is 25. And spent his teen years and early twenties running after money and not trophies

Too many cooks now. we got another psg

Real Madrid First Treble Incoming

This team is set up to be a counter attacking team. They wont dominate anything

So you have two French World Cup winners on the midfield , Fede who’s won a champions and we worry if they can drive the boat for this team. It’s like give it time man they all young

mbappe surely gonna break all penaldo records in madrid. what a tragic transfer in penaldo side of view.

Arda Güler Craig. Arda Güler 😎

If he doesn't score a record breaking numbers in his first season then it's a failure. If he fails to score in the first five matches there will be an uproar lol😂

Just play his footballl and he will be fine

I expect them to win the sextuple next season. If not then they are considered failures 🤷‍♂️

Trade camavinga and tchouameni for Rodri and Odeegard. Real Madrid will be undefeated

Lamine will overshadow this Donatello that you won't see it coming even tho it's inevitable 💙❤️🤘🔥

oh my God craig has issues

Where is,he is wife?

Real Madrid don’t need mbappe , mbappe needs Real Madrid he’s never won ucl and if he can’t win with real then he’ll be fully exposed.

Considering he’s joining a team that won a double and only lost two games the whole season Two trophies is the floor for next season

Modric, Camavinga, Fede Valverde (one of the best players in the world), Tchouaméni and Jude Bellingham. No way Real Madrid will have problems in the midfield

Laliga is dead couldn't be pointless, thank your lucky stars the Champions league is an actual thing because it's the only thing Madrid get any credit for 😂

He's gonna Flop cause he won't be able to do what he wants, like he did at ⚽less psGarbage...!

Bellingham Jr n turtles...lol

Madrid and Manchester United that’s all you guys talk about … and when you do.. it’s all negative hahah 😂😂😂