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Journalist
After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.
Beyond being a football player, Kylian Mbappé is also a French citizen. Thus, during the summer, in the middle of the Euro, the captain of the French team took a position against the rise of the National Rally during the legislative elections. Would Mbappé pay the price today? This could partly explain his disenchantment with the French. Explanations.
Last July 4, before facing the Belgium at the Euro, Kylian Mbappé spoke to call for votes during the legislative elections in France. He then positioned himself against the National Rally, saying: “ More than ever, we need to go vote. There is a real urgency. We can't put the country in the hands of these people, it's really urgent. We have seen the results, it is catastrophic ».
“He excluded 10 million supporters”
Even today, this political position of Kylian Mbappé makes people talk. At a time when the player's popularity rating Real Madrid tumbles among the French, Gauthier Le Bretjournalist for CNEWSconfided to the microphone ofEurope 1 : « His intervention during the legislative elections, in his capacity as captain of the French team, in a competition where he represents France and where he represents a team with 66 million supporters, he excluded 10 million supporters, the voters of the Rally National ».
“It was not his role at that time”
« It was not his role at that time, in this context with the captain's armband of the France team, to give voting instructions. He was there to represent all French people. Yes he got angry with more than 10 million National Rally voters », he then added regarding Mbappé.