Kylian Mbappé had a complicated start at Real Madrid to say the least. If he already has 14 goals on the clock, his performances have most often left something to be desired before the recovery observed before the holidays. The Bondynois was nevertheless able to follow an almost normal preparation this summer. Consequence of the veto opposed by the Merengue club to its participation in the Paris Games.
The French world champion has never hidden his desire to be part of the Olympic adventure.
“The Olympic Games are special, especially in Paris”he confided again in the spring, adding: “It’s a dream to participate in for any athlete. I no longer need to say my intention, everyone knows it. »
Kylian Mbappé on Tony Estanguet’s shortlist
“But it doesn’t just depend on me,” he took the trouble to clarify. When someone has a message to send me I will be there to receive it. » And the message from Real Madrid was clear, the Merengue club being uncompromising on the issue. Kylian Mbappé therefore saw his dream disappear, as did the possibility of being one of the players in the opening ceremony alongside Zinedine Zidane, Carl Lewis or Rafael Nadal. Among others.
Tony Estanguet has in fact revealed that he had thought of Kylian Mbappé to participate in the torch relay during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the Seine. But his absence at the Games was prohibitive. “I had also thought of Mbappé. He was interested, but it depended on whether he participated in the Games or not, because it had to make sense,” he confided in the columns of Le Parisien before explaining that he had also thought of Usain Bolt: “He also had his place in this relay. But he got injured and couldn’t come to the Games. »
