Mbappe Will Not Replace Vinicius On The Left, He Has To Be A Striker – Benzema

Real Madrid legend, Karim Benzema has come out to offer Kylian Mbappe advice amid his struggles in Madrid. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, Mbappe is definitely not a centre-forward, and every single time he has played in that position for France, he does not have a good game.

Benzema, however, added that Vini is clearly the best in the world on the left wing, so Kylian must focus on shinning in that No. 9 role to succeed in Real Madrid.

His words, “The problem for me is that Mbappe is not a centre-forward. Every time he plays for France as a ‘9’ he is not good, it is not his position. The problem is that on the left there is another player who is at the same level as him… you can’t put Vini on the right or as a centre-forward, where he makes a difference is on the left. Let’s see how [Carlo] Ancelotti does that.

Mbappe is not a ‘9’. There is a lot of pressure at Real Madrid, this is not PSG. A piece of advice? He shouldn’t give up. I don’t think Ancelotti is going to move Vinicius, he’s the best in the world right now in that position. Mbappe has to get it into his head that he has to be a ‘9’ and forget about the left. He’s been very good on the left and now he has to be good somewhere else.

My situation in my first year and Kylian’s is different. I was 21 and he is 25, it’s not the same. He knows that there is a lot of pressure at Real Madrid.

If you don’t score a goal in two or three games, they’ll kill you. He has to learn to live with that. He has to put up with that pressure. Every game is new and you have to score goals, they brought him for that and he has the level for it.”

WOW.

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