Didier Deschamps has not called up Kylian Mbappé for the French team's next two matches in the Nations League against Israel and Italy. A decision announced by the coach to the player at midday, against a backdrop of disagreement between the two parties.
“We may not agree with certain subjects, but it is my responsibility to make the decisions”: the words of Didier Deschamps evoke a disagreement between the coach and Kylian Mbappé. The Real Madrid star has not been called up for the French team's next two matches in the Nations League, against Israel and Italy (November 14 and 17). A competition in which the Real Madrid player has shown relative interest in the past.
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Didier Deschamps hopes that he will return in March in his best form, well in his head. In those around the Blues, it is made clear that the coach is not making a decision against Kylian Mbappé but a decision for the France team.
It was this Thursday morning, shortly before noon, that Didier Deschamps called his captain Kylian Mbappé to inform him of the fact that he did not intend to call him up to the Blues this month. In essence, the technician made it clear to the player that he intended to “protect” him, in a delicate context for the French striker.
Kylian Mbappé would have simply thanked him for having warned him ahead of the announcement of the list to the press. The fact remains that this decision by Didier Deschamps is not easy to digest for the Real scorer, who wanted to come. It was the coach who made the decision not to retain him. “Kylian wanted to come, and it is not the extra-sporting problems which come into play from the moment the presumption of innocence exists. It is a one-off choice for this gathering with the two matches which await us”, said moreover assured the coach at a press conference.
The boss of the Blues is Deschamps
After last month's imbroglio – marked by Kylian Mbappé's trip to Sweden – Didier Deschamps seems to want to regain control and made it clear with a speech full of authority. The boss of the Blues is not Mbappé but Deschamps. He is the one who makes the decision. This is one of the lessons of this sequence.
But there remain gray areas in this matter. There is indeed a disagreement between the two men, as the former OM and Monaco coach suggested. Of what nature? Neither side wants to draw first. But personifying Deschamps against Mbappé would be off topic. This is the group that matters to DD. He has a collective vision. He currently wants to create a new dynamic, a new collective. He wants to continue to give playing time to young players. The priority is to beat Israel before the group final in Italy.
In September, during the first of three international breaks in three months, the captain of the Blues, invested in his new adventure at Real Madrid, had already expressed his weariness and confided that he was not very motivated to come. His family had finally convinced him. He started against Italy before coming on in the 67th minute against Belgium. In October, bothered by a small physical scare, he finally agreed with Didier Deschamps not to come to protect himself. An absence marked by a very negatively noticed getaway to Sweden.
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