Kylian Mbappe Faces Criticism From Madrid Fans After Praising Messi

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has faced criticism online from some of the club’s fans. This is after he praised his former teammate, Leo Messi. The two were teammates for two seasons before the Argentinean left for MLS side Inter Miami.

Although things did not really go well for the club, Messi and Mbappe enjoyed an incredible partnership on the pitch. The duo even went head to head in the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar where Messi emerged victorious.

Mbappe who grew up idolizing Messi’s arch-rival and Real Madrid legend, Cristiano Ronaldo even came out to hail Messi as the GOAT. While speaking about the 8-time Ballon d’Or winner, the Frenchman said that he learned a lot from the former Barcelona forward.

 “Messi does everything well. You can learn everything from a guy like that. I used to go up to him and ask him: how do you do this? How do you do that?” Mbappe said.

Having signed for Real Madrid, Barcelona’s eternal nemesis, the 25-year-old is not expected to praise a rival player, especially Messi. Fans started telling him to name any good thing he learned from the Inter Miami captain.

“What’s one thing he taught you, you could have just pin-pointed it out bro,” said one fan.

“He wasn’t even better than Ronaldo that season,” said another in protest of Mbappe’s comments.

Well, when most players sign for a certain club, they are forbidden from praising other clubs or players they might have grown up supporting and admiring.