The in-form Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has been named as the new captain of the France national team.He succeeds Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who retired from international football in January.Mbappe, 24, has 66 caps for France since making his senior debut in 2017."Kylian meets all the requirements to have this responsibility," France manager Didier Deschamps told French TV channel TF1 in an interview to be aired on Sunday."On the field as in the l...

France striker Antoine Griezmann is considering retiring from international football after head coach Didier Deschamps preferred Kylian Mbappe as the team’s new captain.Les Bleus are without a skipper after Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris stepped aside from international duty.L’Equipe reports that Deschamps has picked Mbappe as Lloris’ responsibility.However, this decision has annoyed Griezmann, with the Atletico Madrid forward viewing himself as a strong contender...

The final decision of Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag on stripping Bruno Fernandes of the club’s captaincy has been revealed.There have been calls for the captaincy to be removed from the midfielder following his embarrassing display against Liverpool on Sunday, but The Sun reports that there are ‘no plans’ by Ten Hag to strip the Portuguese of the armband.The Portugal international has been the club’s captain for much of the season, despite Harry Maguire’s cont...