Largely absent from the last gathering of the France team in 2024, Kylian Mbappé is going through a complicated period on and off the field. His status as captain of the Blues could also be called into question.
On March 20, 2023 in Clairefontaine, Didier Deschamps lifts the veil on his decision. He announces to Kylian Mbappé that he is the new captain of the France team and to Antoine Griezmann that he becomes the vice-captain. With the retirement of Hugo Lloris and Raphaël Varane, who occupied these roles during the 2022 World Cup, everything needs to be rethought. The balance of the locker room, dear to the coach, depends on it. Unsurprisingly, Mbappé is happy while Griezmann does not hide his disappointment. Logic. Less than two years later, the radiant sunshine gave way to the first turbulence. Such is the life of a selection captain. To the point of imagining Kylian Mbappé, sidelined on Thursday for the international sequence in November, no longer being captain of the Blues in the future?
To date, nothing has been done, on either side, but since September, the attitude of the former PSG striker has raised questions. Within the French team, the staff and its partners. Asked Thursday…
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