While some stars of the French team want to compete in the Paris Olympics, Jérôme Rothen openly doubts their motivation.
Jérôme Rothen is not a fan of the Olympic Games, or at least of the presence of football at the Paris Olympics. Consequently, the RMC consultant wonders what could push the players of the French team to want to take part in this event.
It all started from a discussion on the show Rothen ignites on the second part of the season for Kylian Mbappé, whose priority is to win the Euro with the Blues, those of Didier Deschamps, as captain. “The Olympics will not be a burden, says Rothen. We are not going to blame him, if he plays in the Olympics, for not having won the Olympics with the French team. Today, the Olympics are a marketing issue, especially in football. For me, football is not an Olympic sport, and that’s just my opinion. »
Rothen thus thinks that the stars of the Blues who want to compete in the Olympics are not attracted by the sporting issue, in the first place, but by something else. “Today players like Kylian, like Antoine Griezmann or others, who all want to make the Olympics, they want to do it because with the sponsors they get big money… (cut, he doesn’t finish his sentence, editor’s note). Football is not an Olympic sport, they are not going to make me believe things that I don’t believe at all. »
🗣️💬 @RothenJerome : “The Olympics today are a marketing question. Football is not an Olympic sport”
🇫🇷 Rothen is not convinced by Griezmann and Mbappé’s desire to participate in the Euro. pic.twitter.com/XM9Zd0ZhN1
— Rothen s’igname (@Rothensenflamme) December 22, 2023
