The incident is closed.
Kylian Mbappé, who had not received permission to speak out on the words of Olivier Giroud after the preparation match on Tuesday against Bulgaria (3-0), had plenty of time to do Sunday at a press conference.
In Clairefontaine, where the Blues finish their preparation for the Euro before facing Germany on Tuesday, the world champion did not evade the subject, putting the dots on the "i" with all the ease that characterizes him in front of the microphones.
I learned about it in the press.
In the content he doesn't say anything bad, he's a striker and he wants to score goals, that's normal.
I would have preferred that he come and be more virulent.
Kylian Mbappé
After confirming that the French Football Federation and Didier Deschamps had dissuaded him from speaking on Thursday, Mbappé said that the criticisms of his attacking partner had indeed stung him. Not so much in form, but especially in substance, the player not having appreciated that his compatriot expresses himself first in the media rather than man to man in the locker room. “It's not what he said that bothers me. I'm a forward and I've had that feeling 365 times in a game. I congratulated him in the locker room. This is his feeling. It's more to release it all publicly ... I learned about it in the press. In the content he doesn't say anything bad, he's a striker and he wants to score goals, that's normal. I would have preferred thathe comes and he is more virulent. If I have something to say, I say it. It's a trivial matter. I do not want this to disturb the team ", explained the striker making understand to his assistance that the page was turned while calling this internal incident of" micro-episode ".
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"It's a little unhealthy because we try to say things without saying them ... Are you implying that I don't want to pass Giroud?
That respects itself ... I tell you that these are different profiles »
Kylian Mbappé
Relaunched at the end of the press conference on his supposed lack of appetite to serve Giroud, Mbappé, still just as comfortable with the media exercise, did not escape through a back door. “The players I play with are different. We cannot compare Neymar, Benzema or Giroud. They have different profiles. It's a little unhealthy because we try to say things without saying them ... Are you implying that I don't want to pass Giroud? That is to be respected ... I tell you that they are different profiles ", decided the former Monegasque, the tone firm but with a smile, before adding to relax the suddenly more tense atmosphere:" He does not there is no tension ... It's quiet (laughs). ”
Mbappé, still at ease in front of the microphones, Sunday, at Clairefontaine.
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He refuses to talk about his future at Paris SG
Cash for the Giroud affair, Mbappé, on the other hand, refused to discuss his future at Paris SG.
"It doesn't interest me, I'm here to defend the Blues and I don't want to talk about it to disrupt the group," he replied, preferring to focus on Germany that the Blues will face in Munich on Tuesday, with a favorite status to defend: “We are world champions and vice-European champions.
It is in the field that we must continue to earn this respect.
We are supported by the press and the people, we have to stay focused to win the matches. "
