It is surely difficult to be Kylian Mbappé. Since his first steps with AS Monaco, the attacker has been closely scrutinized and his slightest gesture has been spied on. A situation which is accentuated from year to year, and his departure to Real Madrid this summer has clearly not helped his media situation. This international break also constituted quite a turning point in the image that people had of the 25-year-old striker. Kylian Mbappé did not participate in the France team gathering during the month of October. An absence that has caused a lot of ink to flow. It all started on Thursday October 3 when Didier Deschamps did not select his captain. The French technician explained that his striker, injured with Real Madrid, was going to stay at the club to heal and recover physically. Except that two days later, the Bondynois played with the Merengues against Villarreal.
Obviously, this caused a stir in France and abroad. On Monday, DD therefore tried to put out the fire during a video published on YouTube by the FFF. “ Kylian crystallizes a lot of things about him. This is not making a case of Kylian. We need to see this more generally. (…) The initial postulate is that the interests of the clubs and the interests of the national teams, I am not just talking about the French team, necessarily diverge at some point, and we must not forget either that the employer is the club, it is not the federation.» But we have known the boss of the Blues to be sharper when defending his players and his ideas. In the process, several media, particularly in Spain, explained that he had given priority to Madrid. As we explained to you this Saturday, Real Madrid had, for its part, granted a week’s vacation to Mbappé during this truce. The former Paris Saint-Germain striker was back at work this Saturday morning, as evidenced by his story published on the social network Instagram.
Matteo Guendouzi and Wesley Fofana defend Kylian Mbappé
Therefore, the controversy has no real reason to exist, especially since the former PSG striker had explained to Didier Deschamps and his staff that he wanted to take advantage of this truce to recharge his batteries. With this vision of things, there is no way to think that Kylian Mbappé failed in his role as captain of the Blues when he only missed two matches against Israel and Belgium. In this line, Wesley Fofana and Matteo Guendouzi showed their support for Kylian Mbappé this Saturday at a press conference. Firstly, the Chelsea defender urged everyone to leave the Real Madrid striker alone: “everyone does what they want with their free time. Today it was not a source of discussion, I have not heard of this story. He does what he wants. He’s a great boy, a great professional. Are we doing too much? I don’t know. He’s the great French player, it’s normal that he gets a lot of media attention. I find that from time to time you go a little too hard. Ask Kylian Mbappé for more information.»
Same story for Matteo Guendouzi who also confirmed that the absence of Kylian Mbappé and his trip to a Swedish nightclub was not a subject of discussion between French players: “For us, there is no doubt about Kylian, we had him before the match. He is not 100% fit. There is no question of his will. He loves his country, he will continue to help us. We need to stop talking about it too much. You experience it too. He has days off, he does what he wants.» The message has got through: everyone supports Kylian Mbappé in the France team and the drama surrounding his escapade in Stockholm is already over.
