Since its sensational entry into the landscape of professional football, Kylian Mbappé worked with many technicians. From Leonardo Jardim to Carlo Ancelotti, via Unai Emery, Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Christophe Galtier and Luis Enrique, the Bondy prodigy has developed personalized relationships with his coaches, but none can boast of having forged a bond as strong with the star as Didier Deschamps.
The two men have known each other since 2017 and have maintained an idyllic relationship for a long time. To the point of basing Didier Deschamps’ project around Kylian Mbappé, epicenter of the France team since the 2022 World Cup. Promoted to captain, Mbappé nevertheless showed signs of disagreement with his coach during the year 2024. There there is some frying on the line, and the last two rallies of the year missed by the striker have reinforced this feeling of incomprehension.
Mbappé was not in the know
Next March, Didier Deschamps and Kylian Mbappé should normally meet for the first gathering of the Blues in 2025. There will be no shortage of topics for discussion. The captaincy will be one of them. The announcement of DD’s departure in 2026 will be just as important.
According to information from the daily Le Parisien, Kylian Mbappé was not at all in the know about this decision by the coach. No more than the other executives of the group, like Mike Maignan, N’Golo Kanté, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Ibrahima Konaté or Jules Koundé. How did Mbappé perceive this news? The next few months will tell.
