L’Equipe newspaper confirmed that Kylian Mbappe’s chances of participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics with the French national team are slim, and that the player will submit to the desire of the Real Madrid management not to represent his country in this international arena.
Mbappe had announced that he wanted to participate in the Olympics with the Olympic team led by Thierry Henry, given that he had received a promise to carry the French flag, which is a great appreciation that all athletes dream of.
However, L’Equipe indicates that the player has decided not to participate in a large proportion, especially since even the first coach of the French national team, Didier Deschamps, asked him not to be present in the competition that begins on July 26.
There is a clear reason for everyone’s rejection of Mbappe’s participation, which is the expected stress, as the player will be part of the first French national team in Euro 2024, and if the Roosters reach the final, he will remain playing until July 14.
Therefore, it is illogical for Mbappe to play after that Olympics with the French youth, as then he will not have been in the pre-season with his expected club, Real Madrid, in addition to having not taken even a day of rest throughout the summer.
As for Deschamps, Mbappe’s thinking about the Olympics and playing in them may affect his participation in the Euro as desired, so he clearly advised him to focus on the first team and remove the idea of Paris from his mind.
Mbappe also realizes that no one at Real Madrid will allow him to spend the first season recovering from the effects of the exhausting summer, so most likely he decided very dynamically to reverse his decision and not participate in the Olympics.
