According to the daily newspaper L’Equipe, barely a few hours after landing at Clairefontaine, French national team star Kylian Mbappe was forced to flee and return to Bondy with his family to mourn the death of a close family member.

While preparing for the first training session, Mbappe received a phone call from his family informing him that a cousin had died.He travelled to Bondy for a few hours, sending condolences and encouraging the deceased’s family before returning to Clairfontaine late on October 11.

According to L’Equipe and Le Parisien, Mbappe will still fly with his French national team colleagues to Amsterdam today (October 12), to prepare for the historic battle against the Netherlands in the round’s seventh match. EURO 2024 should be eliminated from Group B. This is a crucial match since France will almost certainly qualify for the EURO 2024 finals if it wins or draws against the Netherlands and Greece loses to the Republic of Ireland.

“We also sent our deepest condolences to Kylian and his family. Kyky shouldn’t have needed to return to Bondy, but his personality is like that, always living with gratitude. The deceased was a very close member of his family. Kyky seems very sad, but he is still ready to play and fully focused on the match against the Netherlands,” said Ousmane Dembele, Mbappe’s teammate and close friend at France and PSG.

Even though he is in “half-lean, half-fat” form at PSG and has failed in the last four games, Mbappe is always a vital player for Les Bleus.In major games, he is still the number one leader on the blue shirt team’s assault line.Mbappe will continue to play in the French national team’s attack in the upcoming away trip to Johan Cruyff Arena, with Antoine Griezmann and Dembele to support striker Olivier Giroud.