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Passionate about sport, cinema and television (on screen and behind) since his childhood, Bernard has been a journalist for 10 Sport since 2018. More skilled with the keyboard in hand than with the ball on his feet, he decides to mainly cover a beloved sport, criticized and hated at the same time (football) and a sport that is not one (wrestling).
The absence of Kylian Mbappé during the last international break sparked controversy, and it could have been even bigger with the initial idea of the French captain. According to L'Equipe, the latter wanted to miss several gatherings for the Nations League matches in order to concentrate on his new adventure at Real Madrid.
The absence of Kylian Mbappé at the last gathering of the French team took a very serious turn after the investigation into rape and sexual assault in a Stockholm hotel targeting the French captain according to the local press. Before this affair, it was on a sporting level that the controversy had broken out while the player, officially withdrawn, had already returned to the field a few days earlier with the Real Madrid. Mbappé was then accused of favoring his club.
Mbappé wanted to open a parenthesis away from the Blues
If this absence got people talking, the initial idea of Kylian Mbappé could have made even more noise. As revealed The Team in his columns of the day, the ex-star of PSG would have benefited from an exchange with Didier Deschampswho came to Madrid before the last break, to discuss with him his state of mind and his desire to distance himself from the selection during the three autumn gatherings and the League of Nations, which could have allowed him to new faces, according to him, to make their appearance during his absence, specifies the sports daily. Mbappé would thus have been able to devote himself to his new club after seven years at PSG.
Deschamps counts on Mbappé
A point of view not shared Didier Deschampseager to rely on his captain for the following deadlines and the integration of the newcomers. This did not prevent Kylian Mbappé to skip the October meeting, but his presence is expected for the next gathering and the matches against Israel (November 14) and Italy (November 17).
