For Philippe Diallo, the question does not arise. While the debate around a possible boycott of the 2026 Football World Cup is gradually emerging in several countries, including Germany, due to the international policy led by Donald Trump, the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) has clarified his position.
On RMC Sport, the 62-year-old leader went against the German position this Sunday. “I have a position of principle which is to try to ensure that sport – a place of gathering and unity – stays as far away from politics as possible,” he confided.
“I am attentive to the international situation but at this stage, there is no question of a boycott of the French World Cup team.” For Philippe Diallo, the position of French football “is clear”, even if he remains attentive “to all the developments which could occur”. “My deepest wish is that the France team will leave on June 9 for the United States with a lot of ambition as part of this World Cup,” recalled the boss of the FFF.
In Germany, “the time has come” to open the debate
As a reminder, Oke Göttlich, the vice-president of the German Football Federation (DFB), asked himself on Saturday “when the time will come to seriously reflect and discuss this issue”. “For me, this moment has come. What were the justifications for the Olympic boycotts of the 1980s? In my opinion, the potential threat is greater today than it was then. We need to have this discussion. »
In Germany, a public debate has opened for several days on the response to be adopted to the tensions arising from the American desire to seize Greenland and the aggressive policy pursued by Donald Trump towards the European continent, like the threats of increased customs taxes issued by Washington against the States of the Old Continent opposing him.
On the French side, Claude Le Roy, a former French coach who spent most of his career on the bench of African selections, questioned the need “to call for a boycott of the 2026 World Cup, given the behavior of Donald Trump towards the continent, with a president of Fifa who prides himself on being at his side”.
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