French President Emmanuel Macron said this on Saturday, the day after Kylian Mbappé made his public departure from Paris Saint-Germain“Count on Real Madrid”, the player's likely future team, to allow the French striker to participate in the Olympic Games in Paris.
'I'm counting on Real Madrid to release Kylian at the Olympics so he can come home playing with the French national team», stated the President of the Republic on the social network X, in a video in which he answered questions from Internet users about Europe.
“I have nothing special to say” about the announced departure of the French national team's star striker, probably to Real Madrid, he added. Emmanuel Macron.
Last month, the French head of state had already said that he “hoped” that the captain of the French team would be able to participate in the Olympic Games (July 26 – August 11), despite the fact that the Real Madridthe most likely destination, has already announced that it will not release its players for that event.
On Friday, the Monaco-trained player made his departure from PSG official on social media after seven years in the French capital.
Last week he said he would “not think too much” about the Paris Games.
The Olympic tournament is not part of an international framework defined by FIFA, and clubs therefore have no obligation to release their players.