Ahead of his third season at Real Madrid, it feels as if Kylian Mbappe still has everything to prove.
The tone of Mbappe’s appearance at a press conference on the eve of the return of the Champions League suggested as much, as the 27-year-old was bombarded with a series of questions from the Madrid press relating to why this union between superclub and superstar has yet to work out; from his relationship with follow forward VInicius Jr, amid rumours that they do not get along, to the atmosphere in the dressing room after last season’s reports of in-fighting under Xabi Alonso and then Alvaro Arbeloa.
