A Mbappé-Benzema clash revealed in broad daylight?

At the time of his big return to the French team for Euro 2021, Karim Benzema therefore arrived within a collective already well in place with in particular Kylian Mbappé as attacking leader. And according to the revelations of Jérôme Rothen, this strong choice by Didier Deschamps would have caused a clash behind the scenes between the two stars.

Remember, after five years of estrangement and incomprehension, Didier Deschamps finally decided to call back Karim Benzema in French team just before the start of Euro 2021. A strong choice on the part of the national coach, but which was not without consequences in group life if we are to believe certain revelations. In his show Rothen ignites on RMC Sport, Jerome Rothen notably mentioned a tension at that time between Benzema and Kylian Mbappé in French team.

“It created tensions with Giroud and Mbappé”

« Deschamps? I think people actually liked him. The reviews were more about the content. But today people like it less. The return of Karim Benzema was very poorly managed at the time, it created tensions in the group with Olivier Giroud, with Kylian Mbappé… The tensions between the players, Paul Pogba, the problems in the stands with the families … It surpassed Didier Deschamps in terms of image, and it hurt him because in fact he was incapable of reversing things. Usually that was his strong point. », reveals the former player of the PSG.

“I feel overwhelmed, tired”

« He let certain things slide, he gave weight to some who did not necessarily give him back the device, like recently Kylian Mbappé but even others who have since left. We are so used to seeing Didier Deschamps on the sidelines. Even he has gotten so used to it that sometimes I feel amorphous, I feel overwhelmed, tired », continues Rothen about Didier Deschampswho therefore seems to have lost control in French team according to his words.