According to Cadena SER, Real Madrid faces a crucial October following the first international break of the season, but the team's locker room remains unsettled.

Real Madrid will next play away to Roma in the Champions League and Barcelona in LaLiga, while also hosting Villarreal and Sevilla. Meanwhile, Barça leads by five points, and Real Madrid risks falling too far behind too quickly. What's more concerning is the unsettled atmosphere in the team's locker room.

According to Anton Meana: "The only problem is that I still feel this locker room is as cold as it was five months ago." Mourinho has been unable to change the atmosphere among this group of players since taking over. The team "does not have a good relationship with Xabi Alonso and Arbeloa," and "as far as we know, two players even came to blows."

This coldness, which even Mourinho's tough approach has failed to thaw, combined with the noise surrounding the Mbappé situation, creates a less-than-ideal atmosphere for this important October. On the other hand, Kylian Mbappé completed his first training session with the team at Valdebebas on Wednesday. Mourinho rescheduled training to the afternoon to allow several international players to return; he did not do this on Monday, which meant the striker trained alone after arriving in the capital in the morning, while his teammates had already begun their session.

According to Meana, Mbappé "will be available for Saturday's match against Villarreal." He has recovered well from his knee injury, so "Mourinho can start him from the beginning." The club also reiterates what was stated last Monday: "Mbappé is in good condition, and no one believes Mourinho won't fully back him at Friday's press conference." In fact, Real Madrid still believes the player from Bondy's recent performance is not controversial, nor do they expect the Bernabéu crowd to "boo" them during Saturday's match against Villarreal.

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