The controversy swells. A year after the success of the Paris Olympic Games, an unexpected controversy waves behind the scenes of the opening ceremony. According to Le Canard EnchaînéKylian Mbappé would have refused to carry the Olympic flame with masked face, in a staging imagined to then transmit it to Zinedine Zidane. A symbolic scenario that the ex-attacker of PSG would have declined, on the grounds that he wanted to be the last carrier of the flame.
Faced with these revelations, the Blues attacker reacted with derision on the X network. ” LOL. You forgot to say that I also wanted to be the leader of the French basketball team I think … I was just quiet on vacation at the other end of the globe. No reason to be the last flame carrier since I have no history with the Olympic Games ”he wrote, sweeping the story of a sarcastic setback.
But Le Canard Enchaîné Do not disarm. In its next edition, the weekly maintains its version. “The captain of the Blues denied, a little quickly, on the social network X the information of the duck on his refusal to carry the flame”can we read. And add that the sources of these revelations would be “Among the best”insisting that Mbappé “Has indeed declined the proposal of the organizers to carry the flame during the opening ceremony”.
Bondy, the other failed meeting
According to the newspaper, the striker even refused to appear during the passage of the Olympic torch in Bondy, his city of childhood. A symbolic absence that makes a stain, even if it has never been officially confirmed or commented on by the instances.
Asked about the subject by The teamthe boss of the Tony Estanguet organizing committee kicked in touch. “Why was Kylian Mbappé not at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics?” Because he was not there, quite simply ”,
he said without saying more.
