Jerome Rothen: PSG Legend Explains Why Mbappe Should Not Be Named France Captain

• Former Paris Saint-Germain winger Jerome Rothen has shared his opinion on who becomes the next France captain
• Long-serving France captain Hugo Lloris announced his retirement from international football earlier this week
• Raphael Varane, Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud and Antoine Griezmann are in the offing for the now-vacant captain role

Jerome Rothen has weighed in on the discussion surrounding the successor of Hugo Lloris as the captain of France.

Lloris, France’s most-capped player, announced his retirement from international football earlier this week, leaving the French captaincy role vacant.

This has birthed a conversation about who replaces the 36-year-old Tottenham Hotspur shot-stopper with Raphael Varane, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe tipped as potential successors.

Among the three, Varane and Mbappe stand tall with the Man United defender considered the natural replacement, considering his vice-captain role at the 2022 World Cup, per AS.

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Meanwhile, a strong case has been made for Mbappe, who was filmed delivering a passionate halftime team talk during the World Cup final.

Rothen, a former French international, believes the role will suit Mbappe however France manager Didier Deschamps will not choose him.

"If it was me, Mbappé would be the new captain of the Blues. But knowing Didier Deschamps and his mode of operation, I think he will not put him as captain," he said as quoted by Sportskeeda.

Rothen explained: "Why? Because he does just too much noise."

Mbappe considered the next France captain

Kylian Mbappe has been tipped to replace Hugo Lloris as the next captain of France.

The Paris Saint-Germain forward, who shone at the 2022 World Cup, is deemed the perfect replacement for the now-retired Lloris, who ended his international career as France’s most-capped player.

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But the 24-year-old Golden Boot winner will face stern competition from a number of first-team players, who are also considered candidates for the captaincy role.

The difference between Mbappe and Rashford

Sports Brief earlier reported that Marcus Rashford is in a class of his own this year is not debatable - it would actually be fair to backdate it to Qatar, where despite England's elimination in the quarterfinals, he was one of the brightest sparks.

He returned to club action and took it upon himself to be Erik ten Hag's main man in attack, and not even a minor case of indiscipline affected him.

When you are on form, you are on form, and against Charlton on January 10, he took his goal tally to seven goals in six games.