Lizarazu's cash opinion on Mbappé's captaincy

On Thursday, Didier Deschamps finally made the decision not to call up Kylian Mbappé for the upcoming Nations League matches against Israel and Italy. Since then, many have given their opinion on this choice. If some see it as a newfound authority of the coach, others think that it is the Real Madrid player who asked not to come again after having already expressed his desires last month. Bixente Lizarazu, for her part, very clearly leans towards the first idea.

For Lizarazu, Mbappé is not fit to be captain!

Indeed, according to him, “DD” decided to sanction its captain: “How do I interpret Mbappé's absence? We just understood that Kylian Mbappé wanted to come, so I interpret it as a sanction, compared to the previous training session where he said he was injured, but that he played with Real Madrid and that he did this getaway to Sweden next. I think it's a sanction from Didier Deschamps who simply didn't appreciate this sequence. I think he wanted to show it and get that message across to him. That doesn't call everything into question because we don't deprive ourselves of Mbappé in the long term. But the message had to be sent” he said.

Worse, the 1998 world champion is not sure that the top scorer in PSG history will still be able to wear the armband on his return: “Is he in the psychological condition to be captain of the France team? There is a lot of talk about mental health at the moment and I think he is not in optimal shape to be captain. For that, you have to be turned towards others, be sovereign yourself and serene, it is not! The load is too heavy for him today.” There is no doubt that this question will come to the forefront when the Bondynois returns.

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