He does not speak on the hot topic of the week.
On Kylian Mbappé's decision to refuse to lend himself, Tuesday morning, to the traditional shooting and video session for the partner brands of the French Football Federation.
But the fate of the Blues striker was widely discussed by Noël Le Graët during an interview that the president of the FFF gave to Ouest-France earlier this week.
Before the events and this psychodrama at the Château de Clairefontaine.
In the interview, the boss of the "Fédé" repeats his desire to see the PSG striker stay in the club of the capital.
Even if the latter has undoubtedly seen his last chances to keep his player following the pitiful elimination of the club in the knockout stages of the Champions League against Madrid.
" Yes.
I want Kylian to stay in Paris.
For French football, it's better to have one of the best players in the world, if not the best, in your league.
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Le Graët is even convinced that the prodigy of Bondy "is more likely to be Ballon d'Or with PSG than leaving", "Paris is on a bad run, but remains a great club".
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While the Blues are playing two friendly matches in the coming days - against the Ivory Coast, this Friday in Marseille, and South Africa, next Tuesday in Lille -, the boss of the Federation does not forget the great meeting of the year, the World Cup in Qatar in November and December.
And he does not hide his ambitions for his players, defending champions.
“When we are in the last four, we have almost done our job.
Together, we have one of the best teams of all time.
I'm not very worried, even if a match sometimes depends on nothing..."
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Noël Le Graët also talks about the future of Didier Deschamps, whose contract with the Blues expires at the end of the World Cup.
“I confirm that Didier will not be extended before the World Cup.
Is it a pressure in relation to the result?
It is by mutual agreement.
We know each other well enough to wait for the World Cup without anxiety.
We will discuss in Guingamp, in January 2023. ” If he claims to have made no decision and met no possible successor, Le Graët returns to the hypothesis of Zidane, also announced at PSG.
“It will be good for PSG.
Zidane will be coach one day, but when, I don't know.
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Finally, he brushes aside the controversy concerning human rights during the World Cup in Qatar.
“I think Qatar made an effort, and it was made possible through football.
We are going there to play a sports competition, there will be no boycott.
Call Platini and Sarkozy for the rest!
The political subject is delicate, but the players are obviously free to express themselves on these questions.
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