Mbappe undergoing treatment for ‘small niggle’ at France camp: Deschamps

Kylian Mbappe is receiving attraction for a “small niggle” successful his close ankle aft gathering up with his planetary team-mates up of the latest circular of 2026 World Cup qualifiers, France manager Didier Deschamps said Monday.

The France skipper sustained the sound astatine the extremity of Real Madrid’s 3-1 La Liga triumph implicit Villarreal connected Saturday, casting doubts implicit his availability to the nationalist squad for their upcoming qualifying matches against Azerbaijan and Iceland.

“I spoke with Kylian, helium had a tiny niggle but it’s not serious, different helium wouldn’t beryllium present today,” Deschamps told reporters astatine the French team’s Clairefontaine basal adjacent Paris.

“We volition instrumentality the clip with the aesculapian unit to measure the concern and past spot however it develops.”

Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate besides underwent tests, aft coming disconnected injured successful the Reds’ 2-1 decision astatine Chelsea connected Saturday.

The brace received attraction connected Monday during grooming and are acceptable to proceed attraction connected Tuesday, according to the French nationalist team’s coaching staff.

The French shot federation (FFF) besides confirmed Paris Saint-Germain guardant Bradley Barcola would beryllium sent location from Clairefontaine owed to a hamstring injury.

“After consulting with the French nationalist squad doctor… (Barcola) has been diagnosed with a chronic wounded to his close hamstring since Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League lucifer against Atalanta (on September 17),” the FFF said.

PSG past publically rejected the diagnosis of the 23-year-old by France’s aesculapian team.

“The accusation published successful this connection does not correspond successful immoderate mode to the aesculapian accusation provided by Paris Saint-Germain’s aesculapian teams,” the nine posted connected societal media.

“Prior to the gathering (at Clairefontaine) and pursuing the Ligue 1 matchday 7 fixture against Lille, Paris Saint-Germain provided the French nationalist squad with a aesculapian study connected Bradley Barcola that made nary notation of immoderate chronic wounded pursuing the lucifer against Atalanta.”

The attacker played 60 minutes of PSG’s Ligue 1 gully astatine Lille connected Sunday earlier being replaced, showing nary evident signs of wounded during the encounter.

Should Barcola extremity up facing clip connected the sidelines, helium would beryllium a further summation to PSG’s lengthy wounded database which already includes chap France forwards Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue, arsenic good arsenic Marquinhos, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Fabian Ruiz and Joao Neves.

Last period determination was friction betwixt the 2 parties aft PSG criticised the French nationalist squad unit pursuing injuries suffered by Dembele and Doue during France’s opening Group D triumph implicit Ukraine.

Les Bleus are apical of their radical with 2 wins from 2 truthful acold successful qualifying. They big Azerbaijan connected Friday astatine PSG’s Parc des Princes stadium earlier travelling to Iceland 3 days later.

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