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France look to other forwards to compensate for Kylian Mbappé absence
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French footballer (born 1998)
Kylian Mbappé Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the France national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, one of the best strikers of his generation, and one of France's greatest ever players, he is known for his pace, dribbling, and finishing. Mbappé has scored over 400 goals in his senior career, being the all-time top goalscorer for Paris Saint-Germain (256), and the France national team (67). He is also the highest-scoring player in the FIFA World Cup (22).
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France will look to their other attacking talents as they prepare to take on Belgium in the Nations League without Kylian Mbappé. Les Bleus’ talisman scored the winner in Friday’s 1-0 victory over Turkey but was substituted shortly afterwards with a left knee injury and immediately sent back to his club in Spain.