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Kylian Mbappe  is OUT of the  France  side to play the  Netherlands  at  Euro 2024. The French striker, 25,  sustained a broken nose in their opener  against Austria on Monday following a bruising collision with Kevin Danso. He has been equipped with a mask but has not been ruled fit enough to play from the start on Friday evening in Leipzig. The  Real Madrid  star has been left on the bench, with Marcus Thuram, Ousmane Dembele and  Antoine Griezmann  named as Les Blues' front three instead. The Atletico Madrid star has been handed Mbappe's captain's armband in his absence. Speaking ahead of the game, France boss  Didier Deschamps  said: “Everything is going well, after the shock we had. Everything is evolving in the right direction. We’ll do all we can to ensure that he’ll be available." He added: "Kylian will be wearing a mask."   Austria defender Danso had apologised  for injuring Mbappe. Taking to social media, he said: “I wish him a good recovery and I h

94:59. One second to go for the referee to blow the final whistle. That's when Luka Jovic connected. Slovenia had been having a good game against Serbia. Right back Zan Karnicnik had started, and finished, a glorious move that spanned almost the length of the pitch to put them one up. It had looked, for the longest time like that would be it, the difference maker. Slovenia's talismanic captain Jan Oblak was in terrific form in goal, while Serbia's talisman Aleksander Mitrovic was having one to forget. He was almost there, but almost is rarely enough to beat Oblak. Even before Serbia had conceded, they'd rung in the changes as they desperately sought some sort of a foothold in the match: Dusan Vlahovic for Luka Jovic had been one of them. The much-vaunted Vlahovic-Mitrovic partnership was just not clicking up top and as much as the Juventus man hated it, change was inevitable. Jovic came on and brought with him an increased urgency, that pit-bull energy forcing Serbia fo

  Chelsea continue working on deal for Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran Kobbie Mainoo wanted by La Liga giants Barcelona Plus updates on Kalvin Phillips, Eberechi Eze, Nacho & more Manchester United have been put off by Everton's £70m valuation of Jarrad Branthwaite and are prepared to pursue other targets if the Toffees fail to lower their demands. Marc Guehi, Jean-Clair Todibo, Leny Yoro and Matthijs de Ligt are the players under consideration.  (ESPN) United have held internal discussions about a move for De Ligt, who Bayern Munich may be willing to sell for around €50m (£42.3m). (Sky Sports Germany) Barcelona consider Manchester United teenager Kobbie Mainoo to be an important investment, but will have a hard job prising him away from Old Trafford. (Sacha Tavolieri - Belgium) Chelsea have been granted permission to discuss personal terms with Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran, with a £40m deal 'broadly agreed'. (Telegraph) Barcelona  captain  Sergi Roberto  has been appr