Friday at the end of the day (start of the ceremony at 5 p.m. French time), the France team will know their opponents in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup (November 21-December 18).
Like most of the coaches of the qualified teams, Didier Deschamps will be present in Doha to attend the draw with his assistant Guy Stéphan and the president of the FFF Noël Le Graët.
But the Qatari organizers of the World Cup would obviously have liked the tricolor delegation to be a little larger.
According to
L'Equipe
, Kylian Mbappé has received an invitation from the Gulf state for the big rally scheduled at the Doha Exhibition Center.
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Exchanges have taken place recently between the FFF and the organizing committee of the tournament to assess the possibility of seeing the spearhead of the Blues and PSG, a club owned by Qatar, attend the draw on site.
In vain.
Mbappé would have simply declined the invitation, considering that he had no reason to attend this event since he is not the captain of the France team.
In addition, the tricolor striker is expected in training on Friday at Camp des Loges, 48 hours from a Ligue 1 match against Lorient.
Two good reasons to refuse the invitation.