With poor results with Paris Saint Germain last season, the 1998 World Cup champion also had to admit that Mbappe could not compete for the 2023 Golden Ball title.

As usual, Mbappe is still on the list of nominees for the 2023 Golden Ball title, the winner will be announced in Paris on October 30.

Deschamps affirmed that the Paris Saint-Germain striker deserves this award, although Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland are the leading candidates.

In contrast to Deschamps, the French World Cup champion, Mr. Dugarry did not expect Mbappe to finish first in the golden ball race and was sure that Deschamps felt the same way but did not share his true feelings for fear of “offending”. violated” his number 1 student.

Mbappe seems to have no chance in the race to win the 2023 Golden Ball (Source: Internet)

The 1998 World Cup champion shared with RMC Sport as follows: “Those questions made me laugh, I felt like I had to turn into a hypocrite. Journalists ask questions and they don’t care whether you really want to answer or not. Deschamps had to answer but I’m sure he doesn’t care about that. Mbappe is currently not scoring goals and is in unstable form, but Deschamps is afraid of offending him so he forced must do so.” 

Dugarry also expressed his belief that Haaland and Messi are both more deserving of winning the Golden Ball than Mbappe. Messi inspired Argentina to win the 2022 World Cup, while Haaland won the treble in his first season at Manchester City, while Mbappe could only win the Ligue 1 championship at PSG.

During Mbappe’s days at PSG, he was unable to reach the Champions League title, which caused this player to fall behind in the individual race with other colleagues. Currently, Mbappe is focusing entirely on the French team and has his final year in Paris before considering finding a team that suits him better.