On November 7, Didier Deschamps surprised everyone by revealing his list of players called up to face Israel and Italy in the Nations League. Kylian Mbappé was not one of them.
Obviously, the French coach had to justify this absence. Which he did in a rather shaky manner, lacking clarity. Thursday evening, after the insipid match against Israel (0-0), the 1998 world champion was once again asked to explain the non-selection of the Real Madrid striker.
Deschamps very irritable on the Mbappé case
“You want to revive me?Deschamps immediately got angry at the microphone of TF1. He’s not here, so I’ll tell you what I already said. Leave him alone. I said what I had to say. Sometimes it’s good not to say too much. There is no sanction. It’s factual. He is in a complicated situation, I am behind him. He is going through what is not the happiest period of his career. »
Once again, the Blues coach remained very vague in his explanations. “Despite everything, he wanted to comehe recalled. I think it’s better at the moment for him (not to come to the Blues). Everyone has the right to have a complicated period. There is the physical aspect, the psychological aspect too. There are constantly interpretations, whether I speak or not. So I am careful to weigh my words. »
