Budapest (AFP)
Didier Deschamps, coach of the French national football team, confirmed that he is “certain” that captain Kylian Mbappé, the Spanish Real Madrid star, is “connected” to the team.
“Kylian arouses a lot of interest, even when he is not there, but I am certain that Kylian is linked to the French national team,” Deschamps said before facing Israel in the European Nations League in Budapest.
The coach did not call the national team star to rest him after an injury to his left thigh, but the player participated mainly with Real Madrid against Villarreal in the Spanish League, which opened discussions about his absence from the “Blue Club”.
Deschamps justified his decision to rest Mbappe in a video clip published by the French Football Federation, by pointing to the strength of the clubs compared to the national teams.
He said, “The clubs have always had this power. It is not the federations that pay the players. The interests of the clubs and teams can be common, except when there are matches.”
He added, “The most important thing is the dialogue with the player. I am not here to put the player in a difficult position between the club and the national team. It happened before that I did not call up players and they played a match directly after the international break. There is an increasing interest from clubs towards players who play in the national teams. They had this strength.” “She has not weakened today.”
The coach, who led the French team to the 2018 World Cup title and runner-up in 2022, continued, “I am the one who made the decision (regarding Mbappe), based on the information available to me. It is true that he played a match at the weekend, not completely, and he was not at his best. Is this in the interest of The player and the French national team? “I don’t think so.”
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