Deschamps: “Mbappé needs to be able to breathe a little”

The France coach Didier Deschamps, has asked this Sunday the coach of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Christophe Galtier, to let Kylian Mbappe “breathe a little” so that he can rest before the World Cup in Qatar, which begins next November, playing “less minutes”.

“I know that (Galtier) still wants Kylian (Mbappé) to play. But every once in a while, he needs to be able to breathe a little bit.”Deschamps said in statements to Telefoot.

The French coach insisted that PSG striker “needs to play fewer minutes”. “It won’t hurt him, quite the opposite,” he added, as a solution so that the player arrives fresher at the World Cup event and has less risk of getting injured before it.

Mbappe has started all nine of PSG’s Ligue 1 and Champions League games this season, scoring ten goals.. The 23-year-old also played all 90 minutes of France’s 2-0 Nations League victory over Austria on Thursday, as well as starting against Denmark on Sunday against Denmark.