0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1: Those are Kylian Mbappé's last eight Real Madrid games, and the goals he's scored in that time. It's his worst goal-scoring run at club level since 2021, and it's a streak that has some impatient Madrid fans asking: is this what all the fuss was about?
Mbappé's signing last summer was Madrid's most high-profile arrival since Cristiano Ronaldo, 15 years earlier, with over 70,000 fans packing the Bernabéu to welcome him. This was a ready-made superstar, approaching his peak, flying in from Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent to take the Spanish and European champions to the next level.