Didier Deschampscoach of the Francedid not hold the usual press conference in which he usually takes part. Officially, the entourage of Blue he justifies this “absence” with the fact that the match against Israel in the Nations League on Thursday in Budapest is too close. However, today the coach, through the official channels of the Federation, expressed his opinion on the Kylian Mbappé’s thorny situationwho renounced the national team despite playing for Real Madrid at the weekend against Villarreal.
The declaration. “Kylian is still the center of attention. It’s not just a case of Kylian, today we have to look at things in a more general way,” the coach reacted in a video interview published on the FFF YouTube channel. “In other words , the starting point is that obviously the interests of the clubs and those of the national teams – I’m not just talking about the French team, because it also applies to the other national teams – inevitably diverge at a certain point. We must also remember, and this has always been the case, that the employer is the club and not the federation.”
Then he talks about his role as an intermediary: “I make sure, through the relationship I have with the players, that I can talk to them. Obviously, for me, the most important thing is the player’s interest. I know very well that he has no intention of going against his club (Real Madrid, ed.). He doesn’t even want to play for his national team. But at a certain point, after discussing it, (we need to make sure that the player’s interests come first without putting him in difficulty.”