Mbappe slams French football president Le Graet for ‘disrespecting’ Zidane
Kylian Mbappé talks to the media during the game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Brooklyn Nets on January 2, 2023 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.France forward Kylian Mbappe has come out in support of Zinedine Zidane after the country’s football federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet said he would not pick up the phone if the former midfielder called him to discuss coaching the national team.
The FFF had announced head coach Didier Deschamps’s contract extension on Saturday after he led France to a second consecutive World Cup final, where they lost to Argentina on penalties in Qatar last month. Zidane had previously been a favourite to succeed Deschamps.
When asked if Zidane, a World Cup winner with France in 1998 and a national icon, would now manage the Brazilian natio...