Team report: Mbappe may relinquish his position as captain of the national team, and Deschamps will communicate with him alone(DANYU)

France manager Didier Deschamps will reportedly discuss the role of current captain Kylian Mbappe in a one-on-one discussion with his position.

Will Mbappe regain the captain's armband in his first build-up in 2025? On Thursday, November 7, when the 23-man squad for the national team was announced at the headquarters of the French Football Federation, Didier Deschamps did not give an answer and postponed the decision until next March, when the Real Madrid striker will return: "Today I will not think about issues that are not on the agenda, everything will have to go naturally. ”

In a way, the coach kept the discussion of the captaincy open, which would add to the conversation about the two international breaks in which Mbappe did not participate. Like everyone else, Didier Deschamps has seen or heard that his strikers are considering dropping the captain's armband.

According to the newspaper, before making a decision, Deschamps intends to chat with Mbappe before the next meeting, just to find out if the captaincy's responsibilities have become too heavy for him and if it affects his enjoyment of playing for France.

If Mbappe expresses his desire to remain captain of the French team, Deschamps is likely to keep him in that role, but if he prefers to step down, the coach will listen to his options and then he will have to choose a new captain. The logic of the three training camps after the European Championship suggests that the new captain could be N'Golo Kante, Tchouameni or Konate who wore the captain's armband between October and November.

N'Golo Kante is a consensus player who has been widely admired by the coaching staff and, despite his somewhat introverted personality, says he 'feels ready' to take on the role. But the last two international breaks have shown that the other two players have been a bit better at leadership in good times. The France coaching staff particularly praised Konat's leadership during the latest training camp and the Liverpool defender has the ideal position to captain the French team, but only if he can establish himself as a starting XI at centre-back.

The same can be said of Tchouameni in midfield, who has already had to regain a higher level of performance at Real Madrid before the national team faces new competition from Quadio Koné. With four months to go until the next training camp, it's hard to say who will be selected between the two if it were to be reshuffled.