The current situation is very confusing. On one hand, Real Madrid needs a number 9 but they are performing well without them. On other hand, despite these rumors, I don't think Real Madrid would sign Mbappe after he kind of betrayed Real Madrid a few years ago and signed a deal with PSG. Everyone was thinking that Real Madrid got him but he said otherwise. It makes everything confusing.
Real Madrid are doing well without a number 9 right now. Joselu is doing kind of good but he is not a world class player after all. The rumors are not strong either about Mbappe coming to Real Madrid. Endrick Felipe won't be coming this season as far as I know. Things are getting very interesting and I will be watching every moment of it.
Joselu is only a priority for a while and I think Real Madrid will get the right player for the number 9 jersey. Maybe in this transfer window we will see this player complete the Real Madrid squad in the second half of this season. There is no doubt that after Ancelotti received a new contract offer he will focus on a new project for this season with Real Madrid. Not Mbappe, but I think Real Madrid management has already pocketed the name of a quality striker that they will be targeting in this winter's transfer window.
Indeed, without the number 9 player, Real Madrid performance so far has been quite good, both in Laliga and the Champions League. But it won't be good if they don't look for another player who will take on the task of being their main striker for this season. Now, if you look at the rumors that have been linked between Mbappe and Real Madrid, of course this has been fried in the previous two transfer windows, but we see that Real Madrid first offer for Mbappe was rejected by Mbappe at that time. Maybe Real Madrid don't want to be disappointed a second time, they will definitely ignore Mbappe name in this winter's transfer window.
Juselu will continue to be used by Real Madrid as long as Real Madrid has not found a good and suitable striker to join their squad Juselu is actually a good striker but Real Madrid needs a striker who is hungry for goals and creates lots of goal opportunities and can provide goal assists to players. On the other hand, Mbappe is actually a suitable player for Real Madrid, but it seems like Mbappe doesn't really have any interest in joining Real Madrid. If he was interested, he should have explained where he would end up.
So far, Real Madrid performance is still quite stable even without the number 9 player because Bellingham is here to strengthen Real Madrid and it turn out that Bellinghan can become a striker because he can create lots of goals and even become the top scorer in La Liga, but even so, Real Madrid still needs a striker who can replace Benzema, until now Real Madrid has not found a striker like Benzema and maybe because Real Madrid has already been disappointed with Mbappe, Ancloti maybe will look for another name lets just wait for Real Madrid surprise in the transfer market later.