Subbed on around the 70th minute amid Bernabéu boos following a 2-0 El Clásico loss to Barcelona, Mbappé insisted he was fully ready to start and revealed the club approved his recent Italy trip with his girlfriend despite injury recovery backlash. Arbeloa hit back, defending his lineup decisions as normal rotation and denying any fourth-choice label, while wishing for more strikers like Mbappé. Tensions run high in a trophyless season marked by training clips spawning ‘cartel’ memes between player groups and reports of pre-Clásico meetings naming others ahead of him.
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