Kylian Mbappe? Thank GOD Liverpool bought Darwin Nunez instead | OneFootball

Liverpool dodged a £166m bullet and landed a proper striker instead. We love our Darwin.

Kylian Mbappe is not enjoying a productive first season at Real Madrid. That much is clear and has been for a few weeks now.

Real struck a £166m deal all-in to sign Mbappe but talk quickly turned to regret. The Frenchman doesn't seem to fit and even if you think he does, his presence offsets the rest of the team.

He plays largely the same role as Vinicius Jr., after all. And with both in the team, where is room for both Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo Goes?

Then there's the bigger problem - his defensive work. As pointed out by Relovo, Mbappe ran just 8km in the 4-0 defeat against Barcelona. Players typically run at least 10km, especially in a big game like that.

Pressing, sprints in behind, overall movement - all should lead to your highest figures of the season against a team like Barcelona. That was not the case for Mbappe.

Now he's being criticised, with claims in the report that Bellingham feels his teammate deliberately waits for the ball to pass him so he doesn't need to press anymore.

How anti-Liverpool is that?