Following his retirement from the national team, Hugo Lloris has been replaced as France’s captain by Kylian Mbappe. A source close to the squad told AFP on Monday.
Hugo Lloris retired last year. Mbappe, 24, agreed to the proposal after earlier-in-the-day discussions with Didier Deschamps.
After losing the World Cup final a month earlier, Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris opted to end his international career. Lloris, 36, had served as captain for over ten years.
Also, Manchester United center-back Raphael Varane retired after the team’s loss to Argentina in December. Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann was then appointed vice-captain of the side.
Mbappe, who assisted Les Bleus in winning the 2018 World Cup, had been strongly linked to the position for weeks. The 66 capped forward plundered a hat-trick in the World Cup final defeat.
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Following Brazil’s Marquinhos absence in the defeat to Stade Rennes at the Parc des Princes. As the vice captain at PSG, the former Monaco attacker captained the team on Sunday.
The Euro 2024 qualifier against the Netherlands on Friday will be his first match as skipper at the Stade de France.
The 24-year-old has notched 39 goal contributions across all competitions this season. He is only behind Erling Haaland (47 G/A) as the player with most goal contributions in Europe’s top 5 leagues.
He recently broke the goal scoring record at PSG. Surpassing Edinson Cavani’s 200 goals for the club.
In the 2022 world cup in Qatar, Mbappe became the first player to score a hat-trick in a world cup final. Since Geoff Hurst in 1966 when England defeated West Germany to win the Mundial. England’s one and only major international trophy.
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