I was skeptical about shoehorning Mbappé into a starting lineup with Vini since they essentially play the same position, but this is worse than I though. His presence is also negatively affecting Bellingham and Valverde. This one transfer has derailed the great momentum from last year. This is such an old school Florentino galactico signing. He fixated on getting Mbappé and ultimately got him with no regards to what the squad actually needs. Shades of signing Beckham when you already had Figo and have just lost your starting defensive midfielder.

There are no easy solutions here, Vini isn't gonna be moved from the left and Mbappé isn't likely to turn into a world class 9.

The biggest problem right now isn't even that he plays n9. The guy can't beat a man, can't create chances, can't shoot, takes double digit shots every game, has Lukaku's first touch, doesn't lift a finger to help in the press and drifts in and out of games. You could literally replace him with Rashford and you wouldn't see the difference.

We were told that he'd be better than Messi/Ronaldo but the French league could be deceiving.

I get that this is probably not his actual level but I have been very dissapointed with him so far. Thought he'd be far better than this