The October gathering of the France team was marked by the absence of Kylian Mbappé. The captain of Blues did not go to Clairefontaine in order to be 100% for Real Madrid. But according to The Teamthis non-appearance of the Bondynois had been planned for a long time by the player himself. After a contrasting second half of last season with Paris Saint-Germain, his missed Euro and his mixed debut at Real Madrid, Mbappé wanted to skip the September rally.
The 25-year-old striker called his coach, Didier Deschamps, to tell him of his desire. But under pressure from his father Wilfrid and his mother Fayza, Mbappé finally joined the France group. Without much enthusiasm or real desire, as evidenced by his two failed performances against Italy (defeat, 1-3) and against Belgium (victory, 2-0), in the League of Nations. It was finally a month later that he did not join Deschamps’ group, before joining Sweden…
