The statements of French officials demanding that Real Madrid accept Kylian Mbappe’s participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics from the French Olympic team do not stop, despite their awareness of the difficulty of doing so.
The crisis is that Mbappe will play during the summer with the French national team in the Euro 2024 competition, and his participation in the Olympics will also mean great fatigue before the start of his career with Real Madrid.
France’s Olympic team coach, Thierry Henry, spoke, stressing that he would not give up and would try to meet Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, and now the president of the French Football Federation has come out and sought the help of Messi and Neymar.
Philippe Diallo said, “It would be great for us to have Mbappe with the Olympic team. Throughout history, we have seen many great players participate in the Olympics, such as Messi and Neymar.”
He continued, “We realize that clubs have the right to refuse players from participating in the Olympics, but our ambition is clear, which is to get the players who dream of participating with us in the tournament.”
He concluded, “We are waiting for Henry’s decision, and I will contact Real Madrid and try to explain to them that the French players dream of playing in the Olympics. Kylian wanted to participate with us and we know the circumstances. I respect Real Madrid’s decision, but we will try.”
