Ex-Real Staff Call For Vini Or Mbappe To Le…

Former Real Madrid coaching staff have suggested that either Kylian Mbappe or Vinicius Junior must leave the club to solve the tactical imbalance. (Photo: Gallo)

Former members of the Real Madrid coaching staff have called for the departure of either one of the club’s megastars — Kylian Mbappe or Vinicius Junior — in order to salvage the collective.

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The On-Pitch Imbalance and Dressing Room Dilemma

On paper, pairing Vinicius Junior with Mbappe looked like the key to winning silverware on a regular basis.

In reality, however, former members of the Madrid backroom team warn that it has created a tactical imbalance where two superstars continually clash for the exact same half-spaces, while leaving the defence stretched thin.

Despite their personal relationship being cordial rather than hostile, an implicit competition is understood to have developed between the pair — with reports suggesting they compare themselves in everything, to the point where if one refuses to track back, the other follows suit.

The issue is further compounded by last season’s trophyless collapse, which saw tensions boil over in the dressing room and culminate in a high-profile physical altercation between Fede Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni that required medical attention.

Mourinho’s Arrival and the Unthinkable Ultimatum

With Jose Mourinho brought in to crack the whip and El Clasico fast approaching, with Los Blancos set to take on arch rivals Barcelona later this month, reports from inside the Bernabeu suggest the club may eventually be forced into an unthinkable ultimatum — sacrificing one megastar to save the collective.

“The problem will only be solved when either Vinicius or Mbappe leaves,” an anonymous former member of the club’s coaching staff said, per GOAL, citing The Athletic. “Either there is structural change, or they will not be able to improve.”

Ex-Staff on Tactical Impossibility and Mbappe-Vinicius Dynamic

A different ex-staff member added: “There is plenty of creative talent, but it is impossible to succeed in the long term when you defend with only eight players, and it is very difficult to organise the attack when the best players constantly speed up play and look for the same spaces.”

Off the pitch, however, the two are said to get along despite claims to the contrary in the media. “They get on well, but they don’t connect on the pitch,” a source was quoted as saying.

“It’s not that they don’t get along or hate each other!” Instead, they “compare themselves with each other in everything. And if one doesn’t defend, the other doesn’t either.”

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