Determined to be able to count on Kylian Mbappé for the Paris Olympic Games, Philippe Diallo is ready to put pressure on his club.
Kylian Mbappé has never hidden it in recent months. Despite Euro 2024, the final of which will be played on July 14, he hopes to compete in the Olympic Games, which will begin on July 24. “I hope to be there. Everyone knows that I have always dreamed of playing in the Olympic Games. Afterwards, it doesn’t depend on me, there are quite a few parameters that come into account”he confided last spring.
The Parisian striker can count on the support of Philippe Diallo, the president of the French Football Federation. “It is our duty, at the FFF, to do everything possible to have the best possible players,” said Noël Le Graët’s successor soberly. The leader knows how to walk on eggshells. The Olympic Games are not included in the FIFA calendar and therefore clubs are not required to release their players.
In 2021, for the Tokyo Games, the clubs were intransigent, refusing to let their best players compete in the Olympic tournament. A situation that Philippe Diallo obviously does not want to relive. “The presidents are or will be convinced that they are participating in a mission of general interest to support our national team and ensure that it obtains at least one medal”he said, no doubt counting on Thierry Henry to be convincing.
