With the absences of Kylian Mbappé and Aurélien Tchouaméni, N'Golo Kanté is in pole position to be captain of the France team against Israel on Thursday in the Nations League (8:45 p.m.).
The choice of experience? With the absences of Kylian Mbappé – not called up for the second consecutive meeting – and Aurélien Tchouaméni – captain appointed in October but injured in the ankle – Didier Deschamps should entrust the armband to N'Golo Kanté, the most experienced from the last list (63 caps, 2 goals).
In any case, this is the trend this Tuesday evening, which stems from a natural reflection, since the Al Ittihad midfielder had already been captain of the Blues at kick-off against Belgium on September 9.
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Deschamps will announce his decision on Wednesday or Thursday
During the Euro, Kanté also recovered the armband when Mbappé left against Austria after his broken nose, then in the quarter-final against Portugal.
As indicated by RMC Sport in recent days, three names stood out to recover the captain's armband with, in addition to Kanté, those of Ibrahima Konaté and Jules Koundé. Konaté, appreciated by “DD”, is one of the coach's relays to the group, while Koundé has asserted himself enormously in recent months, helped by his very good performances in the selection.
When the list was announced on November 7, Didier Deschamps explained that he would name his captain a few hours before the match against Israel on Thursday at the Stade de France. “You will know on Thursday or perhaps Wednesday if I decide to send the captain to a press conference, because it is not an obligation. It will not be Tchouaméni since he is injured. This will also allow, through this gathering, to make other players a little more responsible and to maintain a dynamic momentum,” confided the French coach.
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