Kylian Mbappe missed team training with France on Thursday (Photo: Getty)
Kylian Mbappe is among the France players to be struck down by illness just days before their opening game of Euro 2024.
The Euros gets underway on Friday night in Germany, with Les Bleus kicking-off their tournament on Monday against Austria.
Alongside England, France are the favourites to win, with Mbappe, perhaps the best player in the world right, set to captain his country for the first time.
However, their preparations have taken a huge hit after it was confirmed that a virus had struck their training camp in Paderborn.
As a result, Mbappe and fellow forward Kingsley Coman missed team training on Thursday, while manager Didier Deschamps has also been affected by the bug.
It was later reported that Mbappe, who recently sealed his dream transfer from PSG to Real Madrid, was still able to ‘work in the gym’ despite being under the weather and later showed up at the training pitch to meet fans.
However Bayern Munich winger Coman, on his 28th birthday no less, spent the day isolated in his room but it is not believed that the virus is too serious.
Kingsley Coman spent his birthday recovering from illness (Photo: Getty)
In a press conference on Thursday, winger Ousmane Dembele shared an update on the situation and revealed that he too had been struggling with illness in the build-up to the Euros.
The PSG star said: ‘For my part, things are much better. I had the flu last Tuesday. I had a little fever, I was the first one.
‘Everyone will be okay in a couple of days. The whole team is better apart from Coman who is a little sicker.
‘We’re going to make him a little cake for the chef to take back to his room!’
After Austria, France take on the Netherlands and Poland in Group D, with Mbappe set to play a huge part in their campaign having been a crucial part of the side that won the World Cup in 2018 and reached the final in 2022.
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