{
  "id": 12331576,
  "title": "LaLiga: Mbappe disobeys Mourinho’s order amid injury issues",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/laliga-mbappe-disobeys-mourinhos-order-amid-injury-issues",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T07:59:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/06/laliga-mbappe-disobeys-mourinhos-order-amid-injury-issues/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe has defied his manager Jose Mourinho's directive by engaging in a cycling activity. Just a few days prior, Mourinho had emphasized on the Bet It Drives show that football players should abstain from cycling due to the inherent injury risks. \"You are a football player 24 hours a day,\" Mourinho had asserted. \"Everything reflects the job. What you eat, what you drink, how you sleep, even things in your private life. You cannot ski. You cannot ride a bike.\" He elaborated, \"You fall off your bike and you don’t play three matches maybe, or maybe worse, maybe you break a leg … There are a lot of things you have to give up to be a football player.\"\n\nHowever, contrary to Mourinho's stance, Mbappe took to Instagram on Sunday to share a video of himself cycling, appearing jovial with a protective helmet on. The real Madrid forward is presently sidelined after sustaining a left knee hyperextension during France's match against Türkiye on September 25. Mbappe was subsequently dropped from the national team's lineup.",
  "summary": "Real Madrid forward, Kylian Mbappe, has disobeyed manager, Jose Mourinho’s orders by riding a bicycle. Only a few days ago, Mourinho said players couldn’t go cycling because of the injury risks involved. “You are a football player 24 hours a day,” Mourinho told the Bet It Drives show. “Everything reflects the job. What you eat, […] LaLiga: Mbappe disobeys Mourinho’s order amid injury issues",
  "key_points": [
    "Kylian Mbappe ignored Jose Mourinho's order to not cycle.",
    "Mourinho warned cycling poses injury risks to football players.",
    "Mbappe cycled on Instagram despite being injured and out of national team."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}