“A hero of recent years”, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra thanks Kylian Mbappé. She was in Rennes to visit the factory producing soft toys bearing the image of the mascot of the Paris Games.

She said she was saddened by his departure at the end of the season, which he himself announced to his partners last week. Despite the sporting damage linked to his departure from France, she believes “that wherever he is in the world, he makes France shine”