- Kylian Mbappe has signed for Real Madrid after several years of pursuit
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Kylian Mbappe‘s arrival at Real Madrid feels as though it has been years in the making, and as such staff are reportedly already preparing plans to get the absolute most out of the French star.
Mbappe signed for Los Blancos at the expiry of his contract this summer at Paris Saint-Germain, bringing an end to one of the longest running transfer sagas in the history of the game.
After a number of ultimately rebuffed approaches, Carlo Ancelotti‘s side finally got their man after Mbappe made it clear that he would not be remaining in the French capital for another season.
He will now join up with the likes of fellow global superstars Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jnr, Luka Modric and Thibaut Courtois, with Real putting together a team eerily reminiscent of their Galacticos of old.
Yet it is in the image of perhaps the biggest Real Madrid legend of them all – Cristiano Ronaldo – that the club are already preparing to try and mold Mbappe.
According to reports from Spanish outlet Diario AS, the club’s fitness guru Antonio Pintus has already been preparing a Ronaldo-esque fitness plan for the incoming star.
Ronaldo’s physical condition is one of the things that has made him such a great player for so long, still performing at a decent level as he nears his 40th birthday.
While Mbappe is already in about as good a condition as any top level footballer, the prospect of increasing that fitness to another level is quite honestly frightening.
He is already considered perhaps the quickest player on the planet, with his raw pace and acceleration truly fearsome.
With Mbappe the latest jewel in an already dazzling crown of riches, Real are surely set up for a period of prolonged success in European competitions.
As well as Mbappe, Endrick is also set to arrive this summer – the latest Brazilian wonderkid to be compared to all-time icon Pele.
That means that Los Blancos could theoretically line up with a forward line of Vinicius Jnr, Rodrygo, Endrick and Mbappe, with Bellingham powering through from central midfield – though the likelihood is that he will start ahead of Endrick as the teenager continues his development.