“We thought about it carefully and we will do something very soon. » A week ago, Kylian Mbappé announced a collective initiative from the Blues regarding the next legislative elections on June 30 and July 7. “We talked a lot about the message we could give as a team”added the captain of the France team during a press conference that was much more political than sporting, Sunday June 16 in Düsseldorf (Germany), on the eve of the French team’s first match in Euro 2024.
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This announcement from the star player came at the end of a week during which the Blues had been questioned, relentlessly, about the political situation resulting from the dissolution of the National Assembly. Saturday June 15, Marcus Thuram called for “fight daily so that the RN [Rassemblement national] do not pass “. “I think that in the French team, everyone shares the same opinion as me, well I hope so”added the attacker.
The next day, his captain reformulated the message by calling for people to avoid ” the extremes “while saying “to stand with [Marcus Thuram] »maintaining a form of ambiguity on what the precise content of a collective message could be.
And since ? The initiative does not appear to have made much progress. Firstly because sport has taken over with the entry of the Blues into the competition and two physically and mentally demanding matches, Monday then Friday. “We’re still waiting to see what we’re going to say together”William Saliba said on Wednesday, indicating that the discussions had made little progress.
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Then because Kylian Mbappé, injured in the nose on Monday against Austria, had to devote himself to treatment and embarked on a race against time in order to be able to play again as soon as possible. And that his condition preoccupied the group, keeping political thoughts away. This is what Adrien Rabiot reported on Wednesday, after calling for a vote because “It’s the future of France that is at stake” : “We must not be too distracted by this story within the group, we have a competition to manage as best we can. It’s complicated enough as it is, we have our problems inside. If we could leave that aside, that would be better. »
Antoine Griezmann went further the next day, seeming to question this possible initiative: “We’ll see if it happens or not. The only thing I can say is go vote. I think that everything that is political is very serious, very complicated, quite private. I’m here as a football player. I have a lot of notoriety but I don’t have to use it. Go vote, it’s quite quick but so important. »
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