Actual Madrid followers shopping for Kylian Mbappé shirts should wait as much as “six extra weeks” to recieve them, the membership stated on Thursday, blaming the delay on excessive demand from supporters.
Mbappé might be offered as a Madrid participant on the Bernabéu on Tuesday after becoming a member of the membership on a five-year deal.
The ahead was eradicated with France on the semifinal stage of Euro 2024 this week — overwhelmed 2-1 by Spain on Tuesday — having struggled after breaking his nostril of their opening sport, scoring simply as soon as.
Madrid introduced the much-anticipated settlement to signal Mbappé on June 3, however the participant solely formally joined the membership on July 1 after his Paris Saint-Germain contract expired.
The LaLiga champions made their new 2024-25 kits accessible to buy with Mbappé’s identify for the primary time on Thursday, after confirming that the participant will put on the vacant No. 9 shirt this season.
Madrid additionally stated midfielder Eduardo Camavinga will put on the No. 6 and Federico Valverde will put on the No. 8, whereas Aurélien Tchouaméni takes the No. 14 and Turkey sensation Arda Güler will put on the No. 15.
Nonetheless, followers hoping to get their palms on an Mbappé shirt should be affected person.
“Because of the present excessive demand, objects from this assortment could have a supply delay of as much as 4-6 extra weeks, whatever the delivery technique chosen,” Madrid’s official on-line retailer stated on Thursday.
“This delay will have an effect on each orders unique to the Mbappé assortment and people combining merchandise from the Mbappé assortment with different merchandise from the net retailer.”
An “genuine” Mbappé H=house 2024-25 white, short-sleeved shirt — as worn by gamers — retails at $215, whereas a typical Mbappé house 2024-25 shirt prices $150.
Mbappé might be offered on the Bernabéu at midday native time (6 a.m. EST) on July 16.
Earlier than that, membership president Florentino Pérez will host the formal signing of his new contract at Madrid’s coaching floor, whereas afterwards, Mbappé will reply questions from the media within the Bernabéu press room.
