Didier Deschamps was unable to count on his captain for the second international break in a row. The coach decided at the beginning of November to do without the services of Kylian Mbappé and questioned the meaning of a possible withdrawal of the armband for the Real Madrid striker in the France team. A meeting at the summit would be scheduled to definitively decide.
Last Thursday, November 7, Didier Deschamps revealed its latest list of players selected for the 2024 calendar year for this international break which ended in a draw against Israel (0-0) last Thursday and a victory against Italy on Sunday (3-1). Two results which allowed theFrench team to benefit from first place in their group of League of Nations on the sidelines of the quarter-finals next March.
“I am not going to ask myself a question that is not on the agenda. “Everything in its time”
In the said list appeared the name of Lucas Chevalier for his first summons with theFrance A team. But above all, Kylian Mbappé was absent for the second consecutive time after the rest he had been given Didier Deschamps in October due to thigh discomfort. This time, Mbappé was fit, but the coach of the Blues had decided to do without the services of its captain. Enough to call into question its role and status in the future? Deschamps gave the following speech. “Today, I am not going to ask myself a question that is not on the agenda. Everything in its time.”
A meeting before March between Mbappé and Deschamps to decide for the armband!
The Team made revelations in his columns this Tuesday on the issue. Didier Deschamps would have left this XXL decision pending by postponing it until March, namely during the next gathering. And this choice would not be trivial. The selector of Blues would have read or heard that his captain would have questioned whether to return the armband or not. For this reason, Deschamps would have decided to speak with Kylian Mbappé before the next international break in order to know if his status would affect him and his pleasure of wearing the jersey of Blues.
