After reaching a new milestone this summer by becoming the top scorer in the history of the World Cup, Kylian Mbappé returned to Clairefontaine this Monday with all the players of the France team. A special return to school since the Blues are beginning a new era under the orders of Zinédine Zidane, appointed coach after the departure of Didier Deschamps. In an interview given to RFI and revealed this Tuesday morning, the Real Madrid striker notably paid tribute to his former coach: ” Of course. First of all, we must give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar: what Didier Deschamps did with the French team is incredible. He made history and put the French team back where it should be. For that, we will always be grateful to him. Now it’s a new stage with a new coach. We’ll see how it goes. It’s always the same when it’s a beginning, it’s new, we’re going to have to get our bearings. We’re going to get into the swing of things right away and start winning again, because that’s what people expect of us. »
Author of a very good start to the season on an individual level with Real Madrid, Mbappé was also questioned about his first exchanges with Zidane since his appointment as head of the Blues. The Frenchman assures that he has not yet had a real discussion with his new coach, despite several meetings in Madrid: “if I have already spoken to him since he was appointed coach? No, I’ll wait to see him at Clairefontaine. I don’t think there’s anything better than seeing him at the castle. Afterwards, we are in the same city (in Madrid, Editor’s note), we have crossed paths several times, and we already knew each other before. But I’m really waiting to arrive at Clairefontaine to really know what he expects from us as a team and from me as a player and we’ll see how it goes. »
