The Mbappé revolution is fully validated

The suspense was therefore over. Kylian Mbappé will indeed be the new captain of the France team. Didier Deschamps decided and the PSG striker was thus preferred to Antoine Griezmann, which the Atlético de Madrid player would have experienced quite badly. Nevertheless, Bixente Lizarazu believes that the coach of the Blues made the right decision.

It is now recorded, Kylian Mbappé will be the new captain of the France team. The attacker of PSG will take over fromHugo Lloris who retired from international duty after the world Cup. Kylian Mbappe was in balance with Antoine Griezmann who would live the situation badly. But Bixente Lizarazu thinks it’s the best possible choice.

“He is the first in line and he is not afraid to go there”

” He ticked all the boxes, for the present and the future. There was already the fact that he is a leader in the game, who wins matches. His World Cup final was amazing, at a time when the team was going through. It brought him back out of nowhere and he spoke at halftime with a very impactful message. For me, it’s a kind of click. He showed that he was more than a leader in attack and in the field, that he was a leader at all. He also spoke on various delicate subjects, whether it was the attacks by Noël Le Graët on Zinédine Zidane, with hard-hitting words, or on the question of image rights, in confrontation with the FFF and Le Graët. On many subjects, he is the first in line and he is not afraid to go for it. », Launches the 1998 World Champion in the columns of THE TEAM.

“Kylian is not afraid of responsibility”

” In his process of progressing on a mental and human level, I think that being a captain will encourage him even more to be interested in others. To be a captain is to think of the team. This can allow him to progress in this idea that you don’t win without having good partners, happy, committed and reliable teammates. He sees it well with PSG… When he was younger, it was normal that he takes care of himself first, that he has a more self-centered approach, especially in a position that is more selfish than the others, that striker and scorer. But he is no longer 19, he has come a long way and, at 24, wearing the armband will help him grow even further, as a man. The captain is the one who must round up the troops, who must embark the others with him. Kylian is not afraid of responsibility, I think he is ready to take on this role, and he has enough energy to do so without it impacting his individual performance. », adds Bixente Lizarazu.