Will Kylian Mbappé arrive at Euro 2024 as a Real Madrid player? This is one of the big questions surrounding the situation of the French team striker, in the process of leaving PSG. Because if the announcement of his departure from Paris has been made official by the main person concerned, he has not yet revealed the identity of his future club, even if there is little doubt that the rest of his career will continue. ‘write in the Spanish capital.
On the sidelines of the announcement of the list of 25 Blues selected for the European Championship this Thursday evening, coach Didier Deschamps was invited to speak on the issue which could possibly interfere with his team’s news. He recognized that a possible formalization of his arrival in Madrid before France’s entry into contention on June 17 against Austria could possibly free his mind… Without putting any pressure on him.
“The situation is clear in his head,” explains Didier Deschamps on the set of TF 1. Afterwards, there will certainly be an officialization regarding his destination. But he knows it very well, his choice has been made for a while. Kylian has the ability to absorb and be impervious to many things. I did not receive any specific request. If it can free him and talk about something other than this subject to focus on the objective of the Euro… But, it will be. »
“Kylian can have his little weaknesses”
The coach also recognized that his season in the PSG jersey, with a stint in the loft during the summer and an end to the season punctuated by his tense relations with President Al-Khelaïfi, was not necessarily easy to manage, from a moral point of view. But he underlined his great maturity and his ability to ignore external events.
“He did very good things in Paris, even if his situation at the start of the season as well as the end of the season were a little more complicated for him,” admits Deschamps. We must not forget, Kylian as he is, that he is a human being. He’s a big guy. He may have his sensitivities, his little weaknesses, but he has the capacity to manage many things because he is very intelligent and he is mature. »
