I don’t know why it was a shock that Mbappe hasn’t worked out so far in Madrid.

It was pretty obvious when he signed that it wouldn’t be a good fit. Yet all I saw was “this is the type of greed they talked about in the Bible” and other such overreactions. Mbappe is a LW and so were Vini and Rodrygo. Mbappe can play 9 but he still tries to occupy the space that Vini does and they step on each other’s toes. Also, Madrid didn’t sign a proper number 9. They just expected Mbappe to fill that role. Not to mention the lack of pressing from the front. On top of that, Kroos had just left and Modric wasn’t getting any younger. On top of that, their rivals Barca had just signed a new manager and made other signings. Yet it was believed that Madrid would dominate football for the foreseeable future just because they signed a big star in Kbappe.