Despite Didier Deschamps’ explanations concerning the absence of Kylian Mbappé while he played on Saturday with Real Madrid, the controversy continues to swell. At the microphone of RMC SportEric Di Meco pointed the finger at the captain of the Blues. “I’m a little perplexed… There is a real uneasiness in this story. The way we communicated from the start shows that nothing is going well. Players who don’t come to the French team have always existed, there are some who also did it because they thought about their body, their form, their club… It has always existed. Except there is a way to do it, and there is all the communication, the timing around it. But there is nothing wrong there. Didier explains to us on Thursday that Kylian Mbappé will stay at the club to rest because he is coming off an injury, that everything was done by mutual agreement… I think Didier learned of Mbappé’s tenure (against Villarreal) like us on Saturday, and I think he was amazed. I’m sure that wasn’t the discussion that was going on, he really thought he was going to rest. And he saw him play. Behind, when we ask him to account, because everyone was surprised this weekend, it’s a great discomfort.
He continues: “of course you can miss a selection, you can miss a rally and think about your health at some point. Except that the timing is terrible, because it comes after the announcement of Griezmann’s retirement where there were debates, where it was explained to us that the starting point of this break was the non-attribution of the armband, certain passes from Mbappé… And behind, we see that Mbappé puts his club above the national selection. (…) I say: there is a big problem. There is a strategy error between Mbappé, Real Madrid and the France team. (…) Pay attention to his image, because the public is starting to whine after Mbappé.”
