Huge sensation this Thursday evening: Real Madrid having formalized its position regarding Kylian Mbappé’s summer program.
Thunderclap in the football field! While the future of Kylian Mbappé is at stake – the person concerned, at the end of his contract, having expressed his desires elsewhere to PSG and seemingly committed to Real Madrid – the White House made things clear with authority this Thursday .
According to information from L’Equipe, the institution headed by Florentino Perez wrote to the French Football Federation to inform it of its position regarding the Olympic deadline this summer. In essence, Real Madrid simply refuses to release its players for the Paris Olympics.
No obligation for Real
In other words, if Kylian Mbappé joins the Merengue cause during the off-season, it will not be possible for him to play the Euro with the Blues of Didier Deschamps then the Olympic Games with the Espoirs under the leadership of Thierry Henry. As the 2024 Games do not appear on the Fifa calendar, clubs have no obligation to leave their players at the disposal of the federations.
During the Olympics, which will begin on July 24, Real Madrid plans to participate in a summer tour on the East Coast of the United States. And President Perez cannot imagine for a second carrying out this journey dedicated to communication and marketing without his new war prize. Not long ago, Kylian Mbappé took care to clarify that the decision, despite his desire, did not belong to him, and that he would not clash with his employer. Whatever.
Deschamps and Henry fatalists
This Thursday at a press conference, the boss of the French team Didier Deschamps had no illusions on the question: “ Let’s not forget what happened with the last Olympics and the refusal of clubs to release their players. French clubs will be more aware of the fact that it is in Paris. The foreign clubs are going over their heads, the Olympics in Paris. »
Thierry Henry also seemed to have made up his mind on the L’Equipe channel. “ I can understand everything. We must understand one thing: the decision comes from the club. I’m not saying it’s going to be the same for everyone. When you arrive, you don’t have a card in your hand. Teams need their players at the start of the season. The teams abroad don’t think about the Olympics and neither about us but about them. »
