why Deschamps mismanaged the Mbappé file

He expected it and was prepared for it. Even if he had already raised the subject last Thursday when announcing his list, then during an interview with FFF communications, Didier Deschamps knew full well that he would be questioned Wednesday evening, at a press conference at the day before the Israel-France match, on the absence of Kylian Mbappé. If he has not adopted a posture like Georges Marchais (“That wasn’t your question, but that’s my answer”), the Blues coach lacked clarity on the embarrassing absence of his captain and the French football star. We remind you that he started with Real Madrid last Saturday but was absent in October with the Blues to face Israel and Belgium in the Nations League.

He gave the same speech as during his last intervention on the subject. “The employers of the players are the clubs”he repeated, without mentioning the possible pressure from Real Madrid. Just before, Aurélien Tchouaméni…