Real Madrid Needs to Decide on Their Primary Penalty Taker

Currently, there are three candidates vying to become the first-choice penalty taker. While Kylian Mbappe is the most accustomed to taking penalties, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham have been more efficient in this regard.

Mbappe's arrival has brought a penalty specialist to Real Madrid, with the French forward setting a target of scoring 50 goals, making him the primary candidate for penalties. However, Vinicius and Bellingham have proven to be more reliable in taking penalties.

Throughout his career, Mbappe has taken 51 penalties with a success rate of 82.35%, scoring 42 and missing 9. At the club level, he has the most misses, with 8 out of 40 penalty attempts failing to convert. However, in the national team, his success rate is higher, with 10 goals from 11 attempts.

In contrast, Vinicius has been more efficient, having taken only 4 penalties in his career. As for Bellingham, he has taken 3 penalties in club matches (twice at Borussia Dortmund and once for Real Madrid against Almería), with a 100% success rate. However, he has not taken any penalties for the England national team.