The coach says the youngster must be "protected" amid intense transfer speculation but insists that he "will not cry" if he was to leave this summer
Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim claims that the decision to drop Kylian Mbappe to the bench was not a punishment against the player.
The 18-year-old striker continues to be the subject of intense transfer speculation, with Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain still linked to him for a fee of €180 million.
Reports had suggested that he wished to leave Stade Louis II and was hence left among the substitutes for Monaco’s Sunday trip to Dijon, but Jardim has rejected that claim.