Excl: Michael Owen – ‘Kylian Mbappe can close the gap to Manchester City for Real Madrid’
Interview conducted with Lucky Block.
Former Real Madrid, Liverpool and Manchester United forward Michael Owen believes that Kylian Mbappe might be the missing piece of the Real Madrid jigsaw. Los Blancos have been setting the pace in Spain this season off the back of Jude Bellingham’s goals, but in his view, their domestic form has papered over one major crack.
Owen spent a year in the Spanish capital during the Galactico era, and was competing for his spot with the likes of Raul Gonzalez, Fernando Morientes and Ronaldo Nazario. In a year that saw Los Blancos change managers three times as they tried to finsd the right balance, Football España asked Owen how Kylian Mbappe’s potential arrival could impact their side next season.
“As everyone has been saying since Karim Benzema left, Madrid are without a focal point striker who is going to score a load of goals and that is probably the glaring hole in their team, even though they are still doing well.”
“I would suggest that a lot of that is down to Barcelona slipping away, and they could win La Liga at a canter really without a recognised striker, the big question is if they can go and win the Champions League.”
“They’ve certainly got a team now that has gone from an aging team two or three years ago to now looking young and vibrant and it looks like it could be here to stay. Manchester City, Liverpool and Real Madrid have just been locking horns now for the foreseeable maybe and that position looks like a big piece of the jigsaw at Real Madrid.”
In terms of how Kylian Mbappe might fit into that if he does arrive this summer, and Owen is certain that he will play down the middle, even if he does prefer to come off the left.
“Mbappe can play off the left but with Vinicius Junior
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