In Clairefontaine
Not a press conference takes place without the subject of the Olympic Games (July 26-August 11) occupying the debates. Under the sun heralding spring in Clairefontaine on Thursday morning, Aurélien Tchouaméni didn’t cut it. Like Warren Zaire-Emery, Adrien Rabiot or even Marcus Thuram before him. The French international (24 years old, 29 caps), part of Didier Deschamps, is doubly concerned. Or rather, it is almost no longer so since Real Madrid is the only foreign club to have warned the FFF of its desire not to release players for the Olympics. End of the story ? For him, the message got through.
“Obviously playing the Olympics in your country is extraordinary, an event that we will not be able to relive in our career,” says the former Bordeaux player. But Real Madrid is our employer, if he has decided to veto there is not much to say. It’s not easy to be at odds with your employer. It’s not easy (not to do them), but we will be the first supporters of the France team. »
Asked about the position of Kylian Mbappé, leaving Paris SG… for Real Madrid, Tchouaméni gave an identical speech. “It’s the same for everyone. The club where Kylian goes will be his employer, it will be up to them to decide. I don’t know where he will go yet, maybe he will have the opportunity to go there (to the Olympics) depending on his future club. » In our columns, Philippe Diallo, president of the FFF, assured that he was ready “to go see Florentino Perez in Madrid” to try to change the position of the Madrid president. The soap opera is not over.
