The Mbappé affair allows us to highlight the leisure activities of professional football players when they are on leave. Brest coach Eric Roy reveals his instructions and those of his club.
Kylian Mbappé has clearly chosen to deprive himself of Nations League matches with the France team to better concentrate on his 100% return with Real Madrid. This decision had already raised eyebrows since the French striker was fit enough to play the match before the international break with the Merengue. But the fact that he took several days to go to Sweden, then to Corsica, while his French teammates played, had the gift of raising public eyebrows. But barely had he returned to Madrid to resume training, when the striker who left PSG last summer was caught up in a complaint for rape and sexual assault, announced by the Swedish press, but which was not not been officially confirmed since.
Brest warns its players
A getaway to Scandinavia which still clearly throws Kylian Mbappé’s news into disarray, but also reminds us that footballers do not hesitate to take advantage of their days off to travel far away, treat themselves to luxury leisure activities and enjoy life their way. Even if caution is required in this matter knowing that it is very complicated to know why and under what conditions the French striker is targeted by a complaint, this does not prevent Eric Roy from responding to this news.
The Brest coach spoke at a press conference about the fact that his players do absolutely what they want in their free time, but that they must nevertheless think about the repercussions of their actions knowing that they are part of a club which also pays them based on their image and behavior. “ Players are warned that even when they are in their private lives and on their off days, they still link their image to that of the club. It is very important to pay attention to the institution and not to damage it. They also have this responsibility. We do not prevent them from going to restaurants or nightclubs. We can go to a nightclub like I often did during my career after matches, because I couldn’t sleep. I always had a bottle of Evian in my hand. I never drank or smoked in my life, that didn’t stop me from having a good time after the matches when we wanted to celebrate something. It’s part of a healthy lifestyle, an approach to one’s job, which in my opinion is not contradictory with the fact of being 25 years old, being able to have fun and be serious when it’s time. », Delivered the Brest coach for whom the most difficult thing is to find the right balance between fun, and preserving his image and his health to be at the best level.
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