Kylian Mbappé: France have a desire to achieve great things

Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga can’t get into the side while Oliver Giroud is now assuming the Robbie Keane twilight role, leading goalscorer without enjoying first-choice status

STAR MAN: Kylian Mbappé during a France training session. Pic: INPHO/Gary Carr

Comparing generations of footballers is an exercise prone to ridicule but it’s difficult to muzzle the ‘Mbappé Generation’ when the man himself is predicting greatness.

The French wouldn’t be known for modesty yet the weekend discourse elevated from qualification talks to winning the Euros outright when they almost certainly rock up in Germany next year as favourites.