Kylian Mbappe has revealed his solution to a broken nose at Euro 2024 – a France-themed mask.
Mbappe, who signed for Real Madrid this summer from Paris Saint-Germain, suffered a savage injury in France’s opening match at Euro 2024 this summer when he broke his nose against Austria.
After going up for a header with Kevin Danso, the Frenchman was left severely bloodied when he inadvertently headbutted the defender’s shoulder.
There were fears that Mbappe could miss the entire tournament after it was confirmed that he had broken his nose and taken to hospital.
But he looks set to return for France, and will be sporting quite a patriotic item in the process.
That is because when he has already been seen in training wearing a mask with the tricolore colours of the French flag on Thursday.
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Mbappe had already asked on social media what his choice of mask should be, unsurprisingly garnering a huge reaction from fans – and even players.
His countryman, Neal Maupay, replied with a classicly cheeky response – with a picture of his own face as a mask.
While Mbappe has been seen in training on Thursday, it remains to be seen whether or not France manager Didier Deschamps will select him on Friday.
France play the Netherlands, live on talkSPORT, in a match that could decide the winner of Group D – with both nations winning their opening games.
However, talkSPORT pundit Jason Cundy does not believe the 25-year-old will be back until the knockout stage.
He told The Sports Bar: “Deschamps knows that victory has got them through to the knockout stages. They want to top the group, obviously, but he doesn’t have to rush him back now.
“The next time you’ll see Mbappe is in the last 16. Why would you need to rush him back?
“They’ve got two games in less than a week. He’s not starting the next game.”
France won their opening match 1-0 against Austria when Maximillian Wober scored an own goal.
However, despite being one of the big favourites to win the competition in Germany this summer, they looked unconvincing in their first game.
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