Tensions between Zinédine Zidane and Kylian Mbappé confirmed

Revelations keep coming about the electric atmosphere that would prevail in the French national team, and on the set of his show Tout Beau Tout N9uf broadcast on W9, Cyril Hanouna confirmed the existence of a deep malaise between Zinédine Zidane and Kylian Mbappé.

Origin of the tension

According to the presenter, the Real Madrid striker is having trouble digesting the loss of certain privileges since the September gathering. The starting point would date back to the match against Turkey in Izmit, where the player supposedly took very badly being placed on the left side in order to leave the axis to Ousmane Dembélé.

Injured, he would have immediately left the squad, declaring: “He had his jet ready to leave and he didn’t even check into the hotel.” This reaction reinforced the impression of a tense climate within the group.

A similar episode almost repeated before the match against Italy, missed due to a hamstring strain. The captain of Les Bleus thought he could travel back to Spain, but the manager vetoed it, as Hanouna reported.

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He would even have arranged a private jet, ready in Paris, which Zidane supposedly discovered before telling Mbappé: “No, you stay there, you’re going to play against Turkey on Sunday.” Zinédine Zidane would be ready to take the captain’s armband away from him.

Beyond these individual frictions, the majority of players would have taken sides for Ousmane Dembélé, creating two camps – pro‑Dembélé and pro‑Mbappé – in a dressing room that Hanouna describes as split in two. Hanouna claims that, according to Zidane, “the star is Zidane, the boss, it’s not Mbappé” and that Mbappé “sows discord in Zidane’s staff.”

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The coach would be starting to “have him in the nose”, and according to internal information, Zidane is considering removing the armband because the player does not unite the teammates. Zinédine Zidane would nevertheless have imagined another scenario for his start at the helm of Les Bleus.