Thauvin judges the captaincy of Mbappé

Former French international, Florian Thauvin gave his feelings on the decision taken by Didier Deschamps to entrust the captain’s armband to Kylian Mbappé.

Facing the Netherlands on Friday evening, at the Stade de France, in a Euro 2024 qualifying match, France can count on its new captain. After the international retirement of Hugo Lloris, the coach of the Blues, Didier Deschamps, chose Kylian Mbappé.

Since we know that the star of Paris Saint-Germain will wear the armband, reactions have multiplied. Within the current group, Marcus Thuram and Jean-Clair Todibo spoke in particular about the decision of the manager of the 2018 world champions. Absent from the list retained by “DD” for this gathering, Florian Thauvin also gave his impressions . Also crowned in Russia, the 30-year-old attacking midfielder – who now wears the jersey of the Italian club Udinese – finds it legitimate that the captaincy is now assumed by the native of Bondy.

“He’s a player who imposes”

“It’s been a while since I’ve been around the France group so I don’t know exactly what’s going on in the locker room. The only thing I can tell you is that it seems rather logical to me that Kylian has recovered the armband with what it simply represents for France. With what he did in the World Cup, not only in the first, but also in the second with what he did in the final. He still scored three goals. He has the whole future ahead of him. He is a player who imposes himself, who knows how to make himself heard, to be listened to, who says things when he has to say them. So I think he is quite legitimate to be the captain of the France team and all French people can be happy about that”indicated on Bein Sports the former Marseillais, ten selections and a goal with France.