Kylian Mbappé is one of those absent from the France team that we never stop talking about. Ibrahima Konaté is no exception to the rule, and guest of Canal Football Club on Sunday evening on Canal +, the Liverpool international defender, spoke readily on the situation of his captain with the Blues, who is going through a delicate period for everyone. points of view and is missing this week its second consecutive gathering in Clairefontaine.
“When he is with us, the journalists, everyone is around him,” said Konaté, who is one of the potential candidates for the captain's armband, in the absence of Real's number 9. Mbappé today, the place he has in this world is exceptional. I often tell him: I want your level of football, but I don't want your life. Because, frankly, it's very difficult that his name is everywhere, at the slightest actions, we constantly talk about him. »
The Reds player did not fail to show the gratitude and esteem he has for the Bondy star: “Now, Mbappé, when he is with us, we know the qualities he has. We know what he brought us. And we must not be ungrateful for what he was able to bring to this French team. He has done a lot and the whole world is aware of it. Today he is not here. It's up to the players who replace him in his position to do the job, to be decisive and to be able to allow us to win matches. »
Didier Deschamps did not call Kylian Mbappé for the November matches because he “thinks it's better like that”, he explained laconically on Thursday, assuring that his decision was not linked to the “problems extra-sporting” of the captain. “I don’t want to get into an argument that leads to interpretations. I can’t tell you more,” the coach only explained at a press conference at the headquarters of the French Football Federation (FFF) in Paris. Adding: “I take responsibility for this decision” while specifying that the sidelining of Mbappé only concerned the November gathering.
Mbappé had already missed the October one, due to an injury to his left thigh, but he still played with Real Madrid, immediately triggering a controversy. It had taken a completely different turn with the revelations of the Swedish press on the opening of an investigation for rape which would target, according to the dailies Aftonbladet and Expressen, the attack after a trip to Stockholm during Israel-France (1-4 ). “DD” also added that the player “wanted to come” and play these two Nations League matches against Israel, on November 14 at the Stade de France, and against Italy on the 17th in Milan.
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