Kylian Mbappe has been dropped from France’s squad by head coach Didier Deschamps, who said the Real Madrid star was not selected for upcoming Nations League games despite making himself available.
The forward, who played for Madrid in the Champions League defeat to AC Milan on Tuesday, missed last month’s double-header against Israel and Belgium due to injury but appeared to be fit to return to the national team.
But the 25-year-old was not named in Deschamps’ squad for the upcoming games against Israel and away to Italy, in what the World Cup-winning head coach said was a “one-off decision”.
“I had discussions with Kylian and made my decision,” Deschamps said. “[He] wanted to come with us, it’s not because of any other problem.”
Mbappe joined Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer in the summer, and he has since scored eight goals for the Spanish giants.
But Madrid have lost two games in a row, with a heavy defeat to Barcelona in El Classico followed by another loss at home to Milan.
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