"Bellingham wanted to come, he's going to be part of the training session but he won't be available tomorrow. I'm happy to see he's closer and closer. He's going to be one of the leaders and it's important that he's here with us."
"Mbappe is now available. You'll see whether or not he's ready to start tomorrow."
"We are very aware of the difficulty of tomorrow's match and the opponent we face. If we want to win, we can't have anything else on our minds but to perform at a very high level, like in the first leg or even better, with solidarity, effort and sacrifice, and be able to cause them a lot of problems."
Real Madrid manager Alvaro Arbeloa confirmed that Kylian Mbappe is available for the second leg against Manchester City in the Champions League last 16, though his starting status remains uncertain. Jude Bellingham, who suffered a hamstring injury against Rayo Vallecano, will not feature despite being included in the travelling squad. Bellingham will participate in training but is unavailable for the match. Both players missed the first leg, which Real Madrid won 3-0 through Federico Valverde's hat-trick. Despite holding a commanding three-goal advantage, Arbeloa emphasized that Real Madrid will approach the second leg at the Etihad with intensity and focus, aiming to perform at the highest level to eliminate any possibility of a Manchester City comeback.
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