Promoted to captain of the France team for the match against Israel in the Nations League on Thursday (8:45 p.m.), Aurélien Tchouaméni vigorously denied any pressure from Real Madrid on the internationals so that they do not go to the selection.
Packaged with the Blues but starting with Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé found himself at the heart of a small controversy on the sidelines of the duel between France and Israel this Thursday (8:45 p.m.) in Budapest (Hungary). Freshly named captain by Didier Deschamps, in the absence of his Merengue teammate, Aurélien Tchouaméni denied possible instructions from his club to miss the selection meetings.
“Is there some form of pressure from our club? No, that’s not the case,” the Madrid midfielder clearly indicated. “In any case for my part, that was not the case. I had discussions with Ferland (Mendy), with Kylian (Mbappé) and with all the guys in our team. It was never the case. case.”
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“Everyone interprets it how they want
Like Kylian Mbappé, who missed the October rally and the matches against Israel and Belgium in the League of Nations, Aurélien Tchouaméni was forced to miss the September match. And for him as for his teammate, it is first and foremost for physical questions.
“There is one thing that is true, it is that there are physical problems. This was the case for me during the last selection, this is the case for Kylian, this is the case for Ferland “, continued the one-day captain of the Blues during his visit to a press conference. “Afterwards, everyone interprets it as they want.”
And Aurélien Tchouaméni concluded by insisting on the absence of pressure from Real Madrid: “In any case, what I can say is that there is no form of pressure towards of the club.”
