The small Roger Faury stadium in Le Thor, in the Vaucluse, is not used to such crowds: on Thursday, several hundred people gathered in front of the gates of the enclosure to try to see Kylian Mbappé, who was there. been training for a few days.
In the middle of the afternoon, more than 300 people were present, including many children, noted an AFP photographer. Some stood on vehicles to try to see the star, who entered the stadium by car.
The Paris SG striker finally showed up briefly, greeting the curious before returning to work on this rugby field, as he has been doing for a few days.
Three municipal police officers, as well as several gendarmes called in for reinforcement, were present, in particular to regulate traffic in front of the stadium.
While his recovery with PSG is scheduled for Monday, the Blues striker has therefore chosen to talk to Thor, a small town in Vaucluse between Avignon and Cavaillon. The mayor of the city, Yves Bayon de Noyer, confirmed to AFP that the footballer owned a house there.
About Mbappé’s presence on the city’s rugby pitch, the mayor explained that the player had “made a request to the municipality upstream”. “There is no additional cost for the municipality”, he added about the security device put in place.
“I can confirm that he does not use this pitch all day and the local sports clubs are on stand-by during the summer anyway,” he also said.
