In the middle of a rally in Clairefontaine, Kylian Mbappé had to leave the France team this Wednesday, struck by the death of a loved one.
Arrived in Clairefontaine on Monday like the 22 other Blues summoned by Didier Deschamps to take part in the Euro 2024 qualifying match against the Netherlands, Friday in Amsterdam, then in the friendly match against Scotland, four days later in Lille, Kylian Mbappé received terrible news this Wednesday.
Touched by the death of a loved one, the Blues and PSG striker left the nerve center of French football in Clairefontaine this afternoon to go to Bondy, in the Paris suburbs, in the city where he grew up. The staff authorized the captain of the France team to be absent for a few hours to offer his condolences to the family of the deceased.
Well present in the Netherlands
“ He was to find the group and the Château de Clairefontaine in the evening », Specifies L’Equipe, which adds that the departure for the Netherlands of the former Monegasque on Thursday is not in question. On the other hand, his presence in front of the press as captain on the eve of the opposition to the Batavians – a first announced since June and the Blues’ trip to Faro to face Gibraltar – is now uncertain.
