The tricolor flag will fly on Tokyo football lawns, Noël Le Graët has no doubts about it.
The boss of French football was questioned on Saturday afternoon in Budapest, before the Blues match against Hungary, on a potential withdrawal from the Olympic selection next month in Japan (July 21-August 7).
“Not even in a dream,” he said at the microphone of BeIN Sports.
Little by little we are hooking players.
I think that for tomorrow (Sunday) we will be quite good.
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As a reminder, the clubs have no legal obligation to release their players who are also their employees.
Unlike a Euro or a World Cup, nothing and nobody can force them to leave them at the disposal of the Olympic selection at a time when the clubs start their season or play preliminary rounds of the European Cup.
PSG (Mbappé, Dagba), Rennes (Camavinga, Truffert, Maouassa or Terrier), Lille (Bamba, Soumaré, Ikoné, André), Nice, Monaco (Tchouaméni, Badiashile, Disasi, Fofana, Aguilar) have for example said no, just like abroad, Bayern Munich (Upamecano), Hertha Berlin (Tousart), Liverpool (Konaté) or Leipzig (Nkunku).
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"It's difficult to find players because some clubs have a little trouble letting them go," the president of the FFF had recognized earlier with France Info.
But little by little, we are getting closer.
I think we will have a strong team in three or four days.
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The coach Sylvain Ripoll must present no later than June 30, the list of 18 players (including 2 goalkeepers) and 4 reservists who will make the trip.
“Ripoll is facing a real headache.
He certainly needs 18 players but above all players at each position.
For the moment, this is not the case, ”whispered a leader on Friday.