{"id":498043,"date":"2026-03-01T19:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498043\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:52:07","slug":"kylian-mbappe-a-doubt-for-man-city-ucl-clash-admits-real-madrids-arbeloa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498043\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 a doubt for Man City UCL clash, admits Real Madrid’s Arbeloa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa said on Sunday that Real Madrid<\/a> are “very clear” about Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a>‘s knee problem but admitted he is a doubt to face Manchester City<\/a>, after the star forward was ruled out for an indefinite period this week.<\/p>\n

Mbapp\u00e9 has been troubled by discomfort in his left knee since before Christmas, with Madrid attempting to manage the injury by occasionally resting the player — including the Manchester City defeat in December, the Spanish Supercopa semifinal and last month’s LaLiga win over Real Sociedad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The club haven’t published an official medical report detailing the problem, but Arbeloa admitted earlier this week, when Mbapp\u00e9 missed the Champions League playoff second leg with Benfica<\/a>, that his absence “won’t be a question of days, it will be longer.”<\/p>\n

“It’s very clear to us: what’s wrong, and what we want now,” Arbeloa said in a news conference on Sunday ahead of Madrid’s league game with Getafe<\/a> “It’s that [Mbapp\u00e9] recovers totally from the discomfort, so he can come back at 100%, with complete confidence and security — when he feels totally recovered, and that discomfort has disappeared.”<\/p>\n

After hosting Getafe in LaLiga on Monday, Madrid travel to Celta Vigo<\/a> on Friday, and play City at the Bernab\u00e9u on Wednesday, March 11.<\/p>\n

Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 may miss Real Madrid’s crunch Champions League clash with Manchester City in March.\u00a0Photo by Denis Doyle\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

They then play Elche<\/a> on March 14, before the return leg in Manchester on March 17. “We’ll see, day by day,” Arbeloa said, when asked if Mbapp\u00e9 would be back to face the Premier League<\/a> giants. “He will see how he feels, and how he recovers and evolves.<\/p>\n

“Right now it’s better not to give a timeline. We’ll see how he feels, and based on that, we’ll decide. We want him to return at 100%, and when that happens, he’ll be back.”<\/p>\n

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Arbeloa denied that there was a danger of players like Mbapp\u00e9 preferring not to risk exacerbating an injury during the season, with an eye to being fit for this summer’s World Cup.<\/p>\n

“I gave everything I had for my club when I was playing, and then I gave my all when I was with my country,” ex-Spain<\/a> international Arbeloa said. “I don’t understand players who save their energy, who don’t get stuck in, who’re thinking about doing anything other than giving their all for Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

“That’s how it will be in the next few months. There’s no better way to go into a World Cup than performing well for your club.” Madrid go into the Getafe game four points behind title rivals Barcelona<\/a>, who beat Villarreal<\/a> 4-1 on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa said on Sunday that Real Madrid are “very clear” about Kylian Mbapp\u00e9‘s knee problem but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-498043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}