the FFF decides for the sidelining of Mbappé

Will the captain leave the ship? Appointed to wear the armband after the retirements of Hugo Lloris and Raphaël Varane, Kylian Mbappé has since experienced a particularly complicated adventure with the France team. After a painful Euro marked by his broken nose and average performances, he asked his coach Didier Deschamps not to summon him for the October rally, the boss of the Blues then deciding to do without him for the month of november. And while the next posters will take place in March, it is Philippe Diallo, the boss of the French Football Federation, who spoke about his case.

“Kylian is in a more difficult situation”

Questioned in the columns of Nice-Morning, he wants to be very clear: “My position on the Mbappé case? I am president of the federation, not a coach. I discuss a lot with the coach who tells me his points of view and then decides. My wish is that Kylian Mbappe becomes again the one who brought so much and that he can be there from March 2025. A sidelining No, not at all Kylian is in a more difficult situation for him so he must. out to express his talent,” he said.

In November, his coach had given a few words about him, in particular about his current mental state, not necessarily the best of his career: “It is factual that he is in a complicated situation and that I am behind him. It's true that he's going through a complicated period. Despite everything, he wanted to come. I say it and I say it again that it's better for him not to be there. the world has the right to have a complicated period, there is the physical aspect and there is also the psychological aspect. There are always interpretations whether I speak or not. I am not going to enter into debates which lead to nothing. Sometimes it's good to say more, and sometimes it's good not to say too much”, explained Didier Deschamps at the microphone of TF1.

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