Asked on Friday about a possible participation of Kylian Mbappé in the Paris Olympic Games with the French football team, the President of the Republic did not hide his desire to see the PSG player aligned with the Blues.
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One more part in the machine. Emmanuel Macron said “hope“, Friday April 5, that the star striker of PSG and captain of the France team, Kylian Mbappé, can participate in the Paris 2024 Games even if the club he is likely to join, Real Madrid, has warned that he would not release his players.
“I hope he can play in the Olympics“, launched the president to students who questioned him about the French football star during a visit to a primary school in Paris. The captain of the Blues has made known on several occasions his desire to compete in the Paris Games ( July 26-August 11). But the Olympic tournament is not part of the Fifa dates, the clubs are not obliged to release their players.
The head of state also declared that he would go to Germany in July for the semi-finals and the final of Euro 2024 if France qualified, as he does at every major football tournament. “I will go if we are in the semi-finals or final“, he replied. “The final is July 14!“, he also recalled in reference to the national holiday.
