It’s a choice that continues to get people talking… After the 2022 World Cup and the international retirements of Hugo Lloris and Raphaël Varane, Didier Deschamps decided to entrust the captain’s armband to Kylian Mbappé rather than Antoine Griezmann. A decision which disappointed the French public and created tensions within the Blues locker room, according to Benoît Trémoulinas.
“I think the French fans would have liked Antoine Griezmann to be the captain. Deschamps decided, chose Kylian Mbappé, unfortunately… », Regretted the former Bordeaux player on the L’Equipe channel.
“From there, there began to be clans in the French team”
“ It seemed like a good idea because we wanted him to be the technical leader on the ground.he continued.
Kylian Mbappé, I don’t think he’s a player who will talk a lot with the players. (…) I think that a guy like Griezmann was much more natural, already much more loved by the locker room. (…) He chose Mbappé because he was the technical leader. From that moment on, there was a bit of decadence in the French team group. Kylian Mbappé, it was very complicated for him, Didier Deschamps gave him a lot of power, a lot of importance and despite everything, on the other hand, Kylian Mbappé was not able to give back what Deschamps gave him. »
This strong decision by Deschamps not to give the armband to “Grizi” split the locker room in two, Trémoulinas argues. “ From there, there began to be clans in the French team, we all know it, without naming the players, lamented the former French international. On this matter, Didier Deschamps’ fault, in quotes, is that he gave too much importance to Mbappé. Today, with Mbappé who is much less good, suddenly the French team finds itself without a leader. »
