"It's important that Mbappé stays for PSG and the French championship," says Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron, visiting Clairefontaine this Thursday for lunch with the players of the France team, which starts the Euro on June 15 in front of Germany, answered BFM's questions. The journalists wanted to know if the head of state had questioned him about his future at PSG or elsewhere one year from the end of his contract. "No, I did not speak of his fate," says Emmanuel Macron. But, the PSG knew how to make it grow. It is important that he remains for PSG and the French championship. He is a youngster who commands the admiration of millions of footballers. When we see him we understand that he sees things that others do not see. " The head of state insists. “He's a huge player but also a great person. He is very mature for his age and he was brought up with respect for values. He cares about France. "

Earlier, a few minutes after his arrival at Clairefontaine at 12:45 p.m., the President of the Republic reviewed the number of world champions by exchanging a quick word with each of them in a very relaxed atmosphere. With Kylian Mbappé, Emmanuel Macron stayed a little longer than with his teammates. He launched to the prodigy of the Blues a "thank you for the vaccine, frankly it was great", referring to the advertisement on social networks that the PSG striker made when getting vaccinated. "Good, and sorry for the transfer", then released Macron to Mbappé. A reference to the fake announcement recently made in a video with famous YouTubers Mcfly and Carlito.

Invited by the two friends to engage in a competition of true and false anecdotes, the head of state, supporter of Marseille, had claimed to "take care of the career" of the Parisian striker and to have organized his transfer. . to OM! Reached by phone by the president, the world champion had obviously denied: "Impossible to go to Marseille, it is not in our DNA that", he had fun. A few weeks later, Mbappé therefore replied with a smile "No, it's okay, it's okay", he said with a smile this Thursday at Clairefontaine. "You defended the colors well, so it happened with everyone," concluded Emmanuel Macron.