Didier Deschamps has called on Paris Saint-Germain head coach Christophe Galtier to let Kylian Mbappe "breathe a little bit" by resting the forward ahead of France's World Cup bid.
Mbappe has started all nine of PSG's Ligue 1 and Champions League matches this season, scoring 10 times. The 23-year-old also played 90 minutes of France's 2-0 Nations League win over Austria on Thursday when opening the scoring before Olivier Giroud killed off the contest.
PSG have 11 matches to play before France head to Qatar, but Deschamps is hoping Mbappe is not used in all of those games. "I know [Galtier] still wants to play Kylian. But from time to time, he needs to be able to breathe a little bit," Deschamps told Telefoot. "He needs to play a few minutes less. It won't hurt him – quite the contrary."