Kylian Mbappé was present at a press conference this Thursday on the eve of Ukraine-France counting for the qualifications of the World Cup 2026. It was he who will lead the Blues tomorrow, as he has done since Didier Deschamps entrusted him with the captain's armband, after the international retirement of Hugo Lloris. His voice weighs in the locker room but also with the authorities. The team reports an anecdote illustrating its influence.
The FFF had thought of organizing a friendly match in Argentina at the international window of March 2024 for a revenge of the final of the 2022 World Cup, with a very beautiful check for the federation. Mbappé had then entrusted his concern to Philippe Diallo as to the relevance of such a trip (ten hours of plane from Paris), while players are already subject to a very busy program in club. The idea had been abandoned. “He challenged the president of the FFF several times, on the team's program, on matches, it is a captain of modern times, who has height”says an Anoyme source on a sports daily.
