Keen to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics with Thierry Henry’s French team, Kylian Mbappé finally came up against Real Madrid’s refusal. The White House did not want to release its new striker, even though it was not obliged to do so, as the Olympics were not included in the FIFA calendar.
A decision that still does not go down well with Emmanuel Macron, who nevertheless put pressure on the president of the Merengue, Florentino Perez, in vain. For the newspaper The Teamthe President of the Republic suggested that Real Madrid had ” deceived ” by deciding not to release the captain of the Blues for the Games.
Macron: “All those who did not believe in the Games were wrong”
“Regrets that Kylian Mbappé didn’t participate? I’m not targeting anyone. I think that all those who didn’t believe in the Games were wrong, in the organization as in the sport, because it was better to be there. What moved me, deep down, is the French people’s capacity for enthusiasm and emotion in the face of surpassing themselves. That’s what upsets us “, confided Emmanuel Macron, before taking stock of these Games.
“I want to say how proud I am of the French people, he said. There is a loser: it is the spirit of defeat. All those who have been explaining to us, for seven years, that it was crazy to host the Olympic Games. The opening ceremony on the Seine was a lack of security awareness, we would never have enough medals, it would be a financial abyss, we would not be able to swim in the Seine… And in the end, we succeeded, we did it! It is wonderful and it is the fruit of collective work. An enormous amount of work has been done by the State services, local authorities, the sports movement, the federations. It is the demonstration that France, when it comes together, can do great things.
