'It's better this way' - Deschamps explains Mbappé France omission - video Dailymotion

Didier Deschamps has left out Kylian Mbappe from the latest France squad, despite the captain wanting to play.

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00:00Your captain, Kylian Mbappé, is missing. He's not injured, on the contrary.

00:06Why isn't he here?

00:09I had several talks with him, I thought about it, and I made this decision,

00:18on this gathering, of course, because I think it's better this way.

00:25What I can tell you is two things.

00:30One, that Kylian wanted to come,

00:34and two, that it's not the extra-sporting problems that come to mind

00:41from the moment when the presumption of innocence exists and must exist.

00:46So it's a choice, I repeat, that is punctual for this gathering,

00:52with the two games that await us.

00:55Is it better for him or for the French team?

00:57I was expecting this one.

01:00She's going to interpret it. It's better this way.