Real Madrid To Unveil Kylian Mbappe July 16
La Liga side, Real Madrid will on July 16 present new star signing Kylian Mbappe at the Bernabéu, the club announced on Wednesday adding that the France captain will wear the No. 9 shirt for Los Blancos.
Mbappé joined Madrid on a five-year contract this summer after his contract expired at Paris Saint Germain, ending the La Liga giants’ years-long pursuit of the player.
Madrid fans are expected to pack the 81,000 capacity Bernabéu for Mbappé’s unveiling, in what would be the club’s largest-scale player presentation since the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.
Mbappé’s France was eliminated by Spain in the Euro 2024 semifinals this week after the forward suffered a broken nose in his first game of the tournament and scored just one goal in five appearances.
“It was a failure. We had the ambition to be European champions…We aren’t that, so it’s a failure,” Mbappé said afterward.
“We have to move on. It’s been a long year. I’m going to go on holiday and get some rest — that’ll do me a lot of good, and I’ll try and come back strongly.”
Madrid has not yet confirmed if Mbappé will join them on their pre-season tour of the United States, which begins later this month against AC Milan at Soldier Field on July 31, before playing Barcelona at MetLife Stadium on Aug. 3, and Chelsea at Bank of America Stadium on Aug. 6.
The La Liga champions will then play Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup in Warsaw on Aug. 14, before beginning their defense of the league title away at Mallorca on Aug. 18.
