Kylian Mbappé has experienced “a lot of frustration, anger, and worry” due to his knee injury that kept him away from football fields for about fifty days, the Real Madrid player revealed on Monday. He said he is ready to play in the upcoming friendly matches with the French national team.
Mbappé assured on Monday night that his left knee injury was “behind him” and that he was ready to play with the French national team in the friendly matches scheduled for the end of the week in the United States against Brazil and Colombia. “It’s behind me, I was in a protocol where I wanted to slowly start playing with the desire to play,” he explained to various media outlets, including Radio France’s sports department and AFP, at an event organized by the insurance company Alan, in which the French football star has invested.
Regarding the injury that kept him away from the fields for about fifty days since the end of December, he explained that he felt “a lot of frustration, anger, and worry.” “I won’t go into details, I didn’t go through this period in the best way, I wasn’t the happiest player but I am content, it’s behind me, everything (referring to the pain) is gone,” he insisted.
Asked if he was worried about the World Cup this summer, Mbappé replied, “No, it has never been a subject, at most I had a partial rupture so I would have been absent until April, there has never been a debate about the World Cup or the end of the season at Real Madrid,” he clarified that everything had been managed “as best as possible” with the club. “Today, I have nothing,” he assured. “I wanted to be cautious to avoid other injuries in another place (…). It’s hard to be on the bench, a few years ago, I would have made the mistake of wanting to play again too soon, you have to take your time,” he emphasized, regretting the “false rumors” that were circulating. He added, “Many people gave a diagnosis, I heard a lot of false things.”
[Context: Kylian Mbappé opens up about his knee injury and his readiness to return to the field.] [Fact Check: Kylian Mbappé invested in the insurance company Alan.]
