It’s a soap opera that will shake up French football until the Paris 2024 Games. Will Kylian Mbappé be one of the three players over 23 selected by Thierry Henry to compete in the Olympic tournament this summer? If the captain of the Blues has never hidden his desire to participate in this unique event, the latest trends were rather negative regarding the possibility of seeing the Parisian star at the Olympics.
If the French Football Federation has not lost hope and still intends to convince the 25-year-old striker, Philippe Diallo, the president of the “3F”, can count on a strong ally in the person of Emmanuel Macron. After declaring that he would “do everything for” Mbappé to be present in the France group, the President of the Republic offered a little confidence on the subject during an interview given to La Tribune Dimanche, published today.
“He wants to do them”
“I found myself on the pitch with his father last week (during a Variétés Club de France match in which Emmanuel Macron participated last Tuesday) and I asked him the question. He told me : He wants to do them. I really hope that all European clubs will give this freedom to their players. I am pleased that all French clubs are doing this and I hope that the others will follow. That’s the Olympic spirit: growing,” declared the President.
An indiscretion corresponding to what Mbappé declared to the press during the French team gathering in March. “I have always had the same ambition, I always said that the Olympic Games in Paris were a special event and that I wanted to be there,” he recalled. I also always said that it was an event that did not depend on me. »
Pending departure from Paris Saint-Germain this summer, the record goal scorer with the capital club should join Real Madrid. The Spanish club informed the FFF that it would not release its French internationals for the Paris Olympics.
