Considering that Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud retired from the national team and Kylian Mbappe and N’Golo Kante are currently out of the squad, France has no captain. Hence, Didier Deschamps will have an important to make before Les Blues’ matches with Israel and Belgium in the UEFA Nations League.Ibrahima Konaté has arrived for international duty with France 👀🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/vAH3nd0AKX— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 7, 2024 However, in case the 55-year-old tactician had second thoughts, one of his players presented his ideas on the new French leader. And that would probably go unnoticed if that player, Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate – whose appearance when arriving for international duty drew many eyes, to say the least – did not name himself as one of the candidates?!Ibrahima Konate believes he should be considered as French captain 👀”Who will be the captain of the French national team? I have two or three names that come to mind. Mike Maignan, ME, Kounde or maybe Tchouameni. These are the only names that come to mind honestly.” #lfc pic.twitter.com/Pn1QohYpPw— Anything Liverpool (@AnythingLFC_) October 8, 2024 “Being a leader is something that is innate. You either have it or you don’t. You have to be someone that everyone likes. A leader has to be there especially when things aren’t going well. It’s like the foundations of a house; he holds up the group so that everything can go well. Some players have the profile. I have two or three names: Mike (Maignan), myself, Jules (Kounde) and Aurélien (Tchouameni). Those are the only names that come to mind,” Konate said at his national team’s press conference, as per Get French Football News.France is fuming at Mbappe: He’s tarnishing his image, mocking Deschamps…A very bold statement considering that it comes from a player who is only twelfth in the current Les Blues squad regarding both the number of appearances (17) and the age (25). Moreover, Konate was included in the EURO 2024 squad but did not play a single minute during the tournament. All this puts a huge question mark over his reputation on the team as well as his leadership capacity.##NAJAVA_MECA_8398474##
