Overview
- Mbappé scored the winner for France then immediately showed pain in his left knee during the Nations League match against Turkey on Friday and was substituted in the 59th minute.
- France coach Zinedine Zidane described the injury as a knee hyperextension and the French Football Federation said Mbappé had a tendon problem and would leave the squad for treatment.
- Mbappé returned to Real Madrid for scans and tests and the club issued a medical bulletin on Saturday diagnosing an overstretching of the posterior capsule in his left knee.
- Real Madrid and Spanish media are watching his progress closely because no recovery timeline was published and the club face a packed October schedule that includes a Champions League trip to Roma and the Clásico on Oct. 25.
- The injury carries extra weight because Mbappé is France’s captain and had prior left-knee trouble last season, so his absence would affect France’s Nations League plans and Real Madrid’s attack and squad rotation.