Kylian Mbappé stands out not only with PSG, but also with the French national team. In the French squad, the popular 'Donatello' shares the dressing room with Ousmane Dembélé, even playing together.
While Kylian Mbappé has shown more on the field than Ousmane Dembélé, Serge Gnabry has no doubts that the former Borussia Dortmund player is better than the Parisian. In a conversation with Thomas Müller on the Bayern Munich website, he surprised with his statements.
"Dembélé is better than Mbappé. I wish I could dribble like him," Gnabry told Müller. In response, his teammate quickly replied, "What do you mean better?"
Dembélé, better than Mbappé according to Serge Gnabry
On the other hand, the Barcelona attacker received bad news ahead of a new LaLiga Santander match.
Despite starting training this week at the same pace as his teammates, he was not included in coach Ronald Koeman's call-up to face Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday.
Ousmane Dembélé, who has been out of competition for four months due to a hamstring tendon injury in his right leg, is still unavailable, as are Pedri and Braithwaite, who are continuing to recover from their respective injuries.
The Barcelona infirmary also has another new member, midfielder Frenkie de Jong, who will also not be in Vallecas due to a hamstring strain in his right thigh suffered in last Sunday's Clásico.
Therefore, Koeman has called up the 22 available players to face the Madrid team: Ter Stegen, Neto, Iñaki Peña, Mingueza, Lenglet, Piqué, Eric García, Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Balde, Sergi Roberto, Dest, Sergio Busquets, Gavi, Nico, Riqui Puig, Demir, Coutinho, Memphis, Agüero, Ansu Fati, and Luuk de Jong.