Kylian Mbappé
will leave PSG in the middle of the year and all the guns point to him going to
Real Madrid
, this will be a leap in quality for his career, but it can also represent a headache for the French National Team.
Didier Deschamps
and
Thierry Henry,
the coaches of the senior and Under 23 teams, confirmed this Monday that the Spanish club announced that
they
will not give up players
for the
Paris 2024 Olympic Games
.
The
25-year-old forward
wanted to participate in the
Olympic Games
that will be held in his city and will take place between July 26 and August 11, but if he arrives at
Merengue
that dream would begin to fade.
Another
Real Madrid
player who would miss the Games is midfielder
Eduardo Camavinga
.
"
I want to play in the Olympic Games
, but I am not the one who decides. I would love to play in them, of course. If the coach does not want to call me, I will accept his decision,"
La Tortuga
had said for the French media
L'Equipe
.
Lionel Messi
had also considered the idea of participating in these Games and a morbidity began to generate around the best player in the world and his closest competitor, with
the final of Qatar 2022
as their last confrontation .
Faced with this news from
Real Madrid
, the one who expressed himself was the coach of the
Bleus
,
Didier Deschamps
: "I knew for a long time that they had sent that email. It is a decision that corresponds to the club, and
if it says no, it is no
."
"We
will try to do what is necessary at the club level
, we know it is going to go, but we don't know where," said Deschamps, who regretted depending on the clubs because,
since the Olympic Games are not an official FIFA tournament
, they are not obliged to give them to the national teams.
The one who was a little more optimistic was the technical director of the French Olympic Team,
Tití
Henry
.
"
I have never stopped at a first refusal
. We will see what I can do, the decision will be up to the clubs, since these are not
FIFA
dates . We are going to try to talk,
but it is not easy
."
Kylian Mbappé tries on the Real Madrid shirt in a photomontage that circulated on social networks.
The former
Arsenal
striker also highlighted the willingness of French teams to loan players and said: "It's an Olympic Games in France, the French clubs are going to be there to help. But with foreign clubs, I doubt."
The fact that the captain of
France
changes teams also makes his call-up difficult because if he stayed at
PSG
he might have been loaned out, but now that he is close to moving to
Real Madrid
his situation is complicated.
According to
Henry,
the main problem is because the seasons in
Europe
start in August and the big clubs need their players at the beginning of the season.
However, 2024 will be a year full of important competitions since the
Euro Cup
will also be played between June 14 and July 14.
If Mbappé goes to Real Madrid he will miss the Olympics.
Photo: EFE.
Mbappé
will play the Euro with the French team, but he also wants to be in the
Olympics
.
Henry, faced with this possibility, said that "
playing the Euro Cup and the Olympic Games is possible
" and stressed again that the final decision depends on the clubs.
For the
Olympic Games,
three players who are over the maximum age - 23 years old -
are allowed to go,
which is why Mbappé was excited to participate.
The
PSG
forward could not be at the 2020 Tokyo Games because the
Paris club decided not to give him up
.
Despite Real Madrid's refusal, Henry hopes to have Mbappé for the Olympics.
Photo: AP.
Another pillar that
Henry
would lose for these Games would be the 21-year-old midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, who has been playing for the
White House
since the 2021-2022 season.
The possible absence of Mbappé for the Olympic Games will be a significant loss for France,
but a relief for the teams that face him
.