Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso says striker Kylain Mbappe is "better" aft an unwellness and, portion helium volition miss his side's Fifa Club World Cup lucifer against Pachuca connected Sunday, helium could instrumentality for their last radical game.
Mbappe was absent from grooming connected Tuesday with a fever and missed his side's 1-1 gully against Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal successful Miami connected Wednesday.
The 26-year-old was admitted to infirmary with what Real described arsenic an "acute lawsuit of gastroenteritis" earlier being released connected Thursday and returning to the La Liga club's grooming analyzable successful Palm Beach.
He has not travelled with his team-mates for Real Madrid's games against Mexican broadside Pachuca connected Sunday astatine 20:00 BST but could marque his archetypal quality astatine the tourney erstwhile his broadside look Red Bull Salzburg connected Friday astatine 02:00 BST.
"He's better," said Alonso, who took implicit from Carlo Ancelotti successful May. "It's been 2 days since helium came backmost from hospital.
"He's recovering, and time by time we're progressively optimistic astir him for the adjacent match."
Mbappe joined Real Madrid connected a escaped transportation from Paris St-Germain past summertime and scored 43 goals successful 56 games successful each competitions successful his archetypal play for the Bernabeu club.
He won the European Golden Shoe, though Real missed retired connected winning La Liga, the Champions League and Copa del Rey.
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