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He expected the question. She ended up arriving at the end of the press conference. Who were Aurélien Tchouaméni and Jude Bellingham talking about in a video that went viral and was widely commented on in Spain, England and France. The vast majority thought that the two Real Madrid players were debating Kylian Mbappé and Erlin Haaland. This is not the case. The Blues midfielder, relaxed and serene at a press conference two days before France-Germany, was keen to provide his details.
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“Are you sure about that (that the debate was about Mbappe and Haaland)? Yes, because we have to re-establish the truth, he whispered at first, a big smile on his shoulder. We have to set the record straight because as soon as I arrived in the selection, that was the first question I was asked. You should know that we were in green with Real Madrid and I think some guys came to show us some clothes. What you need to know, and this is a scoop, is that we weren’t talking about Kylian and we weren’t talking about Erling. We were talking about Dayot (Upamecano) and Dier (Eric).” For Tchouaméni, the defender of Bayern, his partner in selection, is better than the Englishman… defended by Bellingham. Classic.
The Real Madrid midfielder continues his explanation. ” For what? Because it was the day before our Champions League match and we were watching Bayern-Lazio if I’m not mistaken. I think it was Bayern-Lazio in the Champions League, yes that’s it. And so in fact Jude (Bellingham) was talking about Dier and I was talking about Dayot. So today we are going to set the record straight. I know it’s going to sell less but that’s what happened.” End of the story.
