Spanish club Real Madrid has written a letter to the French Football Federation warning that none of its players will be allowed to play in the Olympic Games this summer. A decision which also applies to its entire squad including French players Aurélien Tchouaméni and Eduardo Camavinga.
Real Madrid has informed several federations, including the FFF, that it will not release its players for the Paris Olympics, which further compromises the participation of Kylian Mbappé, strongly expected to join the Spanish club, he said. -we learned on Friday from a source close to the matter, confirming information from L’Équipe. “Real sent a letter to all the federations, including the FFF, to tell them that it would not release its players for the Olympics,” the source told AFP.
Bad news for Kylian Mbappé
This letter is very bad news for Kylian Mbappé, who announced to PSG leaders a few weeks ago his departure from the club at the end of the season and will sign, barring an exceptional turnaround, for Real Madrid this summer. The captain of the French team had in fact made it known on several occasions that he would dream of competing in the Olympic Games in Paris while benefiting from the regulations authorizing each team to add three players beyond the 23-year-old limit to its squad. . But since the Olympics are not part of FIFA dates, clubs are not obliged to release their players.
Blues coach Didier Deschamps, questioned about Mbappé’s case, had already estimated on Thursday that it was “very difficult to string together two competitions” like the Euro and the Olympic Games. “It is very difficult on a psychological and physical level to be able to string together two competitions like that, in the summer, without having had a vacation,” said the technician during the presentation of his list of 23 players for the friendly matches against Germany and Chile. The coach of the French Olympic team Thierry Henry explained for his part that the decision to call Mbappé for the Olympics or not was “in the hands of the club” of the player.