El Bernabéu ha hablado. Queremos a Mbappé pic.twitter.com/BhfJYSxTk4
— Alex (@AIex_rm) June 13, 2019
Real Madrid fans chanted “we want Mbappé” as new signing Eden Hazard was unveiled to the crowd at the La Liga giants’ Stade Santiago-Bernabéu home.
50,000 supporters showed up to greet the Belgian forward’s arrival from Chelsea on a five-year deal for a fee that could rise above the £150m mark in time.
The Bernabéu currently fuller than it had been all season. We’re back in business. pic.twitter.com/JlSrvDfunM
— Xav Salazar (@XavsFutbol) June 13, 2019
But the gathered masses don’t want to see the club stop there following a hugely disappointing campaign.
The side finished 3rd in the league, 19 points behind champions Barcelona.
Madrid fans actually now running to get a seat to see Hazard. pic.twitter.com/lKKounP3AP
— Tom Allnutt (@TomAllnuttAFP) June 13, 2019
They vocally demanded the signature of 20-year-old France star Kylian Mbappé, who scored 39 goals in 43 games for Paris Saint-Germain this season.
Hazard declared himself “not a galáctico” but said he would try to be one.