It is not in Kylian Mbappé’s habit to be tongue-in-cheek. And yet, he didn’t have much choice in the face of journalists at a press conference this Friday afternoon before France-Germany. Asked about his potential participation in the Olympic Games, the PSG striker was cautious, recalling his desire but also the fact that the decision does not belong to him.
“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,” recalled the captain of the Blues. I also always said that it was an event that did not depend on me. Now, if you want to know if my ambition has changed? No. Does the final decision always belong to the same person? Yes. »
“If I go there, I will live a waking dream”
“I cannot comment because today, no one told me yes or no, no one told me anything,” he added without specifying who this enigmatic “we” was, knowing that he should leave PSG at the end of June to join another club, probably Real Madrid. I have reached a point in my career and my life where I take a lot more perspective on what is happening to me. If I go, I will live a daydream, if I don’t go, I will accept and do what I am told to do. »
As the Olympic football event begins on July 24, Thierry Henry will have to take into account a number of important parameters to compose his list. Starting with the willingness or not of clubs to release their best elements. This complexity, the coach of the French Olympic team realized a little more recently when the FFF received an email from Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé’s possible future club, affirming the desire not to let its players participate in the Games (but without mentioning the name of Mbappé, still under contract with PSG).
