pwshub.com

Mbappe 'visited nightclub in Sweden on evening France beat Israel'

Kylian Mbappe was reportedly seen in a nightclub in Sweden on Thursday, the same evening that his France team-mates beat Israel 4-1.

Mbappe has faced criticism in his home country for skipping their Nations League games against Israel and Belgium while being available to play for Real Madrid.

The forward picked up a muscle injury last month but made his return to the pitch off the bench in his club's Champions League defeat at Lille last Wednesday.

He featured for Real Madrid at the weekend as he played 71 minutes in a 2-0 win against Villarreal but indicated that he now needed more rest as part of his recovery from the hamstring injury.

France coach Didier Deschamps left Mbappe out of the squad he announced, saying the 25-year-old lacked preparation, having played too few matches. 

Kylian Mbappe and friends were seen leaving Chez Jolie restaurant in Stockholm on Thursday

And Mbappe was pictured with friends in the streets of Stockholm on Thursday night as he dined out at Chez Jolie.

Aftonbladet claim the night didn't end there as he then made his way to a nearby nightclub. 

In a video released by the French Football Federation (FFF) on Monday, Deschamps said: 'Kylian embodies a lot of things... the interests of the clubs and the interests of the national teams inevitably diverge. We must also remember that the employer is the club, not the federation.'

Mbappe's situation is more complicated because the former PSG man is the France captain.

'(The captaincy) is on my mind. But, as I do every time, the key is to discuss it with the players involved,' coach Deschamps added.

'Obviously, with Kylian our captain, and Antoine (Griezmann), who was the vice-captain, both missing, it means there will definitely be others for these two matches.'

On choosing the skipper for the Nations League games, Deschamps said: 'It´s more about if (I can find) certain players who can handle this responsibility in the moment without it affecting their behaviour or performance.

'That´s why it´s important for me to really know the players on a personal level - their character, their sensitivity -relative to the group.'

The Real Madrid star has paid a visit to Sweden while France compete in the Nations League

Mbappe, who starred as France won the World Cup in 2018, has scored 48 goals in 86 caps for his country.

He is the the third highest scorer for France of all time behind Olivier Giroud (57 goals) and Thierry Henry (51 goals).

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Related stories
1 month ago - MIKE KEEGAN IN MARSEILLE: On Saturday, wearing that No 10, Greenwood, scored two, won a penalty and had a hand in the other two for his new club as they dismantled Brest 5-1.
1 month ago - Mbappe, 25, joined the LaLiga and Champions League winners as a free agent from Paris St Germain in June, bringing an end to a transfer saga that had rumbled on for years.
1 month ago - Real Madrid's star footballer Kylian Mbappe's X (formerly Twitter) account was hacked and a controversial post about Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi has already gone viral.
1 month ago - The French forward has scored once in three games and already lifted his first piece of silverware with Carlo Ancelotti's side after they beat Atalanta earlier this month to win the UEFA Super Cup.
1 month ago - Maignan's team-mates are said to have been stunned into silence, with neither captain Kylian Mbappe nor his deputy Antoine Griezmann addressing the squad afterwards.
Other stories
17 minutes ago - IAN HERBERT: The sound and fury of Monday seemed seismic enough. That was the day City and the Premier League offered radically different interpretations of a 175-page ruling.
1 hour ago - Mathew Leckie hasn't given up hope of a Socceroos recall, but knows he must start the A-League season well to force his way into the plans of national team boss Tony Popovic.
3 hours ago - JACK GAUGHAN: The emotion for their match-winner was clear, etched over his face after fizzing in a stunning late free-kick to spare them another Euro qualification defeat.
4 hours ago - A prankster has claimed they planted a hidden device in the dressing room at Villa Park, where Man United faced Aston Villa on October 6.
4 hours ago - OLIVER HOLT: If Carsley did not realise it before England's shambolic, historic 2-1 defeat by Greece in the Nations League at Wembley, he will realise it now. This is an unforgiving job.