Didier Deschamps would certainly have done without this new controversy… Already singled out for his absence during this gathering of the French team, Kylian Mbappéwho played with Real Madrid, obviously did not take the time to watch his teammates’ match against Israel on Thursday evening (4-1).
The former Parisian made a return trip to Sweden, where he was photographed by local journalists leaving a restaurant before going to a nightclub. An image which further tarnishes the French icon in this very turbulent period.
“I am scandalized”
Called to comment on this escapade, Emmanuel Petit did not beat around the bush. “I have the impression that when you hit rock bottom, there is always a lower level. I’m stunned because he hasn’t accustomed us to this kind of behavior, this kind of communication. He is a boy who has always controlled everything during his career, especially in the early years. For me, his communication was a delight, he was spontaneous, there was no ulterior motive. There was no ‘me I, me I, me I’, and then everything changed…”.
“Today we see that it is the image of certain declarations that he made saying that he did not really care what ordinary mortals thought, when that was not at all his communication a few years ago, continued Petit on RMC. He was in a permanent communications operation. He had important goals, he achieved many of them and he still has many more to achieve. But he had convinced all the French that he was a very appreciated personality, and rightly so… In terms of communication and image, I am scandalized that these people were unable to stop the bleeding. We go down another floor. He is wrong to capitalize on his career because when he stops he will capitalize on the image left. He’s playing a dangerous game.”concluded the 1998 world champion.
