Didier Deschamps maintains he is not "taking the armband away" from Antoine Griezmann by making Kylian Mbappe the new France captain.
The Les Blues talisman was announced as his country's new leader following the retirement of Hugo Lloris, who had long been in the role. Mbappe is only 24, but has a wealth of experience having burst onto the scene as a teenager with Monaco and is already a World Cup winner.
Deschamps, who was not short of options, claimed that Mbappe "ticked all the boxes to be it at some point. It is natural and logical that Kylian is made captain, especially from the point where he also wants it.”
