Didier Deschamps announced yesterday at a press conference the return of Kylian Mbappé in the quarterfinals of the League of Nations. The coach of the Blues also indicated that the Real Madrid player would keep his captain's armband after his long absence.
“” I discussed, exchanged with him. I confirm to you what I said a few weeks ago, he will be captain
“, said the national coach at a press conference.
A choice that is far from being unanimous. Jerome Rothen questioned this decision in his program “Rothen ignites”.
“I would question his capitalist. Not his selection, because he is one of the best players in the world. But to relay the speech and the image of the French team, for the image that Didier Deschamps wants to set up and to go win the World Cup with a real chef on the field, I am sorry, but Kylian has so much fault that he did not deserve to take the armband immediately “said the sports consultant on RMC.
“Mbappé has so much fault”
For Jerome Rothen, Kylian Mbappé does not deserve to recover his captain's armband because of his attitude deemed disrespectful towards Didier Deschamps. “I have the impression that Didier has a selective memoryestimates the old left attacking midfielder.
His leadership has been questioned more than once by his captain, Mbappé, for months. (…) Knowing him well, he did not appreciate, but we forget, what happened in the Euro media with communications on the Deschamps networks had to. »»
“Mbappé can be missed, but we expected it at another level. He did not want to come in September, then he stayed at rest when he had played with Real Madrid. I do not question his selection, but his capitat. Kylian has so much fault that he did not deserve to take the armband immediately ”, concluded the former Paris Saint-Germain player.
