The question is on everyone's mind.
Can the Pogba affair harm the France team when the World Cup in Qatar will begin on November 20?
On France Info, the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra said she was "attentive" to the situation, before affirming her total support for the coach of the Blues Didier Deschamps to maintain balance and motivation within his troop.
"We all know that a successful career in this type of competition is based on a combination of the form of his talents, the quality of life of the group, but we are lucky to have Didier Deschamps: I give him everything confidence, underlined the minister.
He has all the necessary experience to manage this type of sensitive, complex situations.
He proved it as a player, as a coach, as a coach.
I know that we will adapt to the situation and that Didier will be able to protect his collective from these turbulences.
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The main concern, in addition to the revelations promised by Mathias Pogba about his brother Paul, lies in the story of the intervention, at the request of Paul Pogba, of a marabout to cast spells on Kylian Mbappé.
A version denied by the player of Juventus Turin.
During his second hearing by investigators in August, as part of his denunciations concerning an extortion in which his brother Mathias would be involved, Paul Pogba confirmed that he had called on a marabout, but to help children in Africa to through an association.
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra also insisted on the improvements to be made concerning the entourages of players and their supervision.
“You have to be very attentive to the question of the entourages, she said.
When you're a champion, you're exposed to all kinds of influences, good ones, bad ones.
I think there must be support from the clubs, the authorities, from the training stages.
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