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Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe was seen arriving at France’s training base in style with the forward sporting a £3,400 Dior jacket.
Mbappe joined up with the France squad on Monday ahead of their upcoming Nations League matches.
The France captain arrived wearing a varsity jacket from the collection produced by Christian Dior and KAWS, a US artist.
The jacket has formed part of their Dior and Kaws capsule, which is aimed at celebrating the Year of the Snake.
This includes the jacket featuring a green snake coiled to resemble the Dior logo.
Priced at £3,400, Dior stated that the jacket is ‘crafted in white virgin wool’ and features yellow and pink Dior and Kaws embroidery.
A patch is featured on the chest and back with Dior’s house signature in the shape of a snake.
An apple, a symbol for peace and harmony in Chinese culture, is used as the dot on the ‘I’ in Dior.
Mbappe has been recalled to France’s squad for their two-legged Nations League quarter-final against Croatia on March 20 and 23.
The France captain had been left out of the national team squad in October for fitness reasons.
He was then absent for matches in November, with his omission billed as a ‘one off’ by head coach Didier Deschamps.
The 26-year-old is set to feature for the French national team for the first time since he joined Real Madrid on a free transfer from PSG last summer.
Mbappe this week has spoken out over French reports Antoine Griezmann had retired from international duty following a rift with the forward.
Griezmann has been a key player for Les Bleus for over a decade and was integral to their triumphant 2018 World Cup campaign in Russia.
Fingers were pointed in the French media at Mbappe following Griezmann’s decision. The Real Madrid star had been made captain of side in 2023 after the retirement of Huge Lloris at the expense of Griezmann.
This promoted speculation of unrest in the France camp ahead of Euro 2024, with Mbappe confirming that he had cleared the air with his team-mate and understood his ‘disappointment’ at being overlooked.
‘We often talk with Antoine,’ he told Le Parisien. ‘I love his son, he’s a football fanatic, he reminds me a bit of myself when I was little. I love him, Amaro.
‘But after that, it’s true that it’s complicated because we’re in a city where our two teams are real rivals.
‘But I can assure you, we have a very good relationship with Antoine. He’s already invited me to his house quite a few times for a barbecue.
‘It hasn’t happened yet, but we’re sure to get there. We live next door, in the same building.’