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Kylian Mbappe should stay with Monaco - France assistant Stephan

Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe has been advised by France's assistant coach Guy Stephan to stay with the club for at least another year after saying he would decide his future in the summer.

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal have all been linked with a move for Mbappe after his spectacular season.

The 18-year-old has scored 14 times in 14 Ligue 1 starts to put them on the brink of the title as well as helping the club reach the Champions League semifinals, where they lost 4-1 on aggregate to Juventus.

Mbappe, 18, who signed a three-year deal last summer, told reporters after scoring in the 2-1 defeat at the Juventus Stadium: "We have three matches until the end of the season, and I will then have two and a half months to see what I'm going to do."

France coach Didier Deschamps called Mbappe into his senior squad for the first time in March, but Deschamps' assistant Stephan told L'Equipe TV: "From experience, I would have a tendency to say to him to stay at Monaco, to become a full first-team member."

His comments echo those of Karim Benzema, the France international striker who left Lyon for Real Madrid in 2009 aged 21 and said: "I think you mustn't leave too soon. Things go well, but the day when it goes less well, that's the problem.

"He's 18 -- how do you handle it when it doesn't go as well, when people don't speak as well about you, when you're put under pressure?"