Zinédine Zidane and Kylian Mbappé at odds before Turkey

While Cyril Hanouna confirms, in his show Tout Beau Tout N9uf, that there are intense tensions between Zinédine Zidane and Kylian Mbappé, the French national team is preparing to face Turkey in Bordeaux, despite the 1‑3 defeat suffered against Italy at the San Siro.

Tensions between Zidane and Mbappé

Cyril Hanouna persists and signs. In his show Tout Beau Tout N9uf on W9, he confirmed the existence of tensions between Zinédine Zidane and Kylian Mbappé, the young striker poorly coping with the loss of certain advantages within the French team. This conflict would have started during the September gathering and has not eased at all since. According to the presenter, Real Madrid would have been very upset to be positioned on the left against Turkey, leaving the wing to Ousmane Dembélé.

After the match in Izmit, the French captain left the field due to injury, then immediately returned to Spain. Hanouna claims that Mbappé had his jet ready to depart and did not even go back to the hotel. The same scenario almost repeated before the Italy‑France match, which the Merengue missed because of a hamstring discomfort.

Hanouna recounts that Mbappé thought of returning to Madrid since he was not playing, but Zidane held him back, his private jet already ready in Paris, and ordered him to stay to face Turkey on Sunday. He said that “Mbappé sows discord in Zidane’s staff.”

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Consequences for the Bleus

The presenter added that he hopes Mbappé will be ready for Sunday, after the 1‑3 defeat of the Bleus against Italy at the San Siro on Thursday evening. The situation would remain icy; Zidane, seen smiling in the stands with Marcus Thuram, would also have strained a good part of the dressing room since his media campaign for the Ballon d’Or. Hanouna reveals that the majority of players have taken sides for Ousmane Dembélé, thus creating a rift in the group. He notes that there are two camps, pro‑Dembélé and pro‑Mbappé, the latter only counting on the fingers of a Mickey Mouse hand, and that Zidane is fond of Dembélé, describing him as always very well‑behaved and adored at PSG.

The captain’s armband could be taken away from Mbappé; if Didier Deschamps “let things slide” with his captain, his relationship with “Zizou” would be less cordial. Hanouna claims that Deschamps talks with Mbappé but not with Zidane, that the star is Zidane, the boss is not Mbappé, and that tensions are worsening within Zidane’s staff. He repeats that Mbappé sows discord, creates tensions and that Zidane is starting to have him “in the back of his mind.”

For now, the armband will remain with Mbappé, but internal information suggests that Hanouna would like to remove it, considering that Mbappé is not the team’s captain. He concludes that Mbappé does not unite those around him and that the other players do not support him, which really heats things up.

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It remains to be seen whether the Madrilenian will be fully recovered to face Turkey in Bordeaux and what his attitude will be. Another withdrawal would fuel the rumors as the Bleus play their future in the Nations League.