Former France star Mathieu Valbuena is questioning Kylian Mbappe's commitment following his summer move to Real Madrid.
The 25-year-old was left out of France's squad earlier this week, as he aims to regain full fitness, according to Les Bleus boss Didier Deschamps.
However, Valbuena had other thoughts, as he told RMC Sport: "Being captain is not just a piece of cloth around your arm, it also means having responsibilities on and off the pitch.
"And I think it would have been important for him to be there for those games, even though he knew he was tired. He could have been there for the group, that's also the captain. He's also part of the French national team, he could have been there and his decision is quite strange.
"What surprises the French national team fans is the fact that he is not in the selection and that he would play this weekend against Villarreal.
"Mbappe's priority, I think, is not the French national team but Real Madrid. He arrives at a new club, he knows he has everything to prove and that it is not easy to do it there. I think he is giving everything he can to do it... We saw his last outings with France, he was not a great Mbappe, even in the way he played, we had the impression that he was not there".
The 25-year-old finally made the move to Los Blancos in the summer on a free transfer, after being linked with the Spanish giants for several years.
