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"They pulled the rug out from under me": Kylian Mbappé still bitter about missing the Tokyo Olympics

2021-10-29T06:32:08.555Z


The star striker of PSG would have liked to play the first Olympics of his career this summer, but PSG had refused.


The pill still hasn't gone through.

In an open letter published on Friday by L'Équipe 1000 days before the kick-off of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kylian Mbappé looks back on other Olympics, those of Tokyo played this summer in Japan.

The PSG striker could not play this event after the refusal of the Parisian club, and still seems to have a certain bitterness.

"I hope to experience this in 2024"

“Already, in 2020 (Editor's note: the initial date of these Games), for the Tokyo Games, I wanted to participate, it was a goal but they quickly pulled the rug out from under my feet, he regrets in this text. When you see what the French teams have achieved ... We win in volleyball, in hand, we are a finalist in basketball against the United States. They went to look for gold and brought credit to France. I hope to experience that and do the same in 2024, with a team that would bring together the best players of the moment. "

But for the hexagonal meeting in three years, there is no question of not being in the game.

Package to face Lille on Friday night with PSG, Kylian Mbappé was keen to be present at the “Sport in the Seine” evening on Thursday to proclaim his love of the Olympics.

In an exchange with the readers of Parisien-Today in France earlier this month, the mother and adviser of the player Fayza Lamari had indicated that this point would be stipulated in his next contract.

In Paris or elsewhere.

Source: leparis

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