Absent during the last two gatherings of the France team, Kylian Mbappé could let go of the captain's armband of the Blues. Didier Deschamps thinks about it very hard.
For the national coach, the simple mention of the name of Kylian Mbappé gave rise to very dry responses. Refusing to comment on the current situation of the Real Madrid player, Didier Deschamps was nevertheless forced to make strong choices in the absence of the one who is the captain of the France team. If Aurélien Tchouaméni first assumed this function, his expulsion against Belgium forced DD to review his plans, and then it was N'Gogo Kanté and Ibrahima Konaté who stuck to it. But this Monday evening, The Team reveals that the national coach decided to contact Kylian Mbappé in order to discuss with him this role of captain and the interest of the former PSG player in keeping this armband, at the moment when it obliges him, in addition to his role on the ground, to face the media.
Mbappé will have to decide
Damien Degorre specifies, if Kylian Mbappé believes that he is able to retain this role of captain, then it is very likely that Didier Deschamps will not make the revolution and will leave the armband to the Kid de Bondy. However, the French coach also reserves the possibility of changing and in this case, Ibrahima Konaté would be the favorite. The Liverpool central defender impressed against Italy, and he is ahead of N'Golo Kanté and Aurélien Tchouaméni, even if Konaté also needs to settle definitively at the heart of the French defense. Didier Deschamps still has time, because the next gathering of the France team is now scheduled for March 2025, but until then he will have to renew the thread of dialogue with Kylian Mbappé.
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