The choice of Benjamin Mendy to give up his replica of the World Cup continues to provoke reactions. This week, the former French international sold his trophy during an auction led by the American house Goldin, for a total amount of €54,000 (the trophy was slightly damaged). A decision which provoked numerous reactions, to which the person concerned took care to respond on his social networks. This Sunday, it was Pascal Dupraz who expressed his incomprehension in the show The Big Mouths of Sport on RMC.
“He does what he wants, he did well to make it clear, but frankly, you won a World Cup, you sell it… I don’t see any other explanation (than the need for money). To have such an aversion to keeping such an important trophy… let’s realize, how many in France have been World Champions? We won it twice, they are lists of 23 (players), so there are 46 players. This is the last thing I would sell. You sell your trophy, you sell your soul to the devil in fact.”
