Former world champion with the Blues in 98, Christophe Dugarry did not hesitate to make a real rant against what he considers to be a pro-Mabppé campaign, a few weeks before the presentation of the Ballon d ‘Gold.
Favorite for the 2023 Ballon d’Or alongside Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé benefits from the support of many players in French football. In particular, his coach Didier Deschamps, and his Blues teammate Adrien Rabiot. Present on the airwaves of RMC, Christophe Dugarry castigated the influence of lobbies, omnipresent, according to him, in the race for the trophy awarded each year by France Football to the best player on the planet.
“We don’t care about the Ballon d’Or, it doesn’t interest anyone”
” It makes me laugh. You feel that it’s the ball of the fake ass, first released the former Girondins de Bordeaux striker. Journalists ask the question and you don’t know if they really mean it. You see those who have a certain courage and those who have less! There is no honesty in all this! We ask Deschamps the question but I’m sure he doesn’t give a damn, he shouldn’t offend his player. Already he is not scoring a goal at the moment, he is not very well, he is afraid of offending him so he is obliged to give a response in between”estimated the consultant.
And to add:“Don’t make a connection with me and don’t mix me up with Deschamps. I’m talking about everyone who gives their opinion, friends of friends, those who have an interest. There’s no real honesty in any of this. We don’t care about the Ballon d’Or, it doesn’t interest anyone. There are always discussions, that’s the nature of an election, but when you start having to make friends of friends talk to do a kind of lobbying, it’s because it’s not that obvious and that you don’t necessarily deserve it more than others. Everyone makes me laugh a lot in this kind of merry-go-round, of lobbying,” he whispered.
