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Kylian Mbappé has been left out of Real Madrid's squad for their game at Real Sociedad on Wednesday, after having a tooth removed earlier this week.

It proved a decidedly mixed night for captain Mbappe though as he was left still ... French Football Federation later confirmed he had broken nose and would have a mask made.

Kylian Mbappe is currently enjoying a rich vein ... six complicated months in Paris, back pain, a broken nose at the Euro – these things obviously have athletic and psychological consequences ...

Outgoing France manager Didier Deschamps, who will vacate his post after the 2026 World Cup, has now confirmed that Mbappe will return to the fold for the upcoming March internationals.

(Photo By Oscar J. Barroso/Europa Press via Getty Images) Mbappé has largely remained injury-free in his time at Madrid so far, after suffering a broken nose at last summer's Euro 2024.