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Kylian Mbappé silent in the face of the media, anything but a problem

2022-12-08T21:16:09.925Z


OPINION – The star of the Blues, discreet in front of the microphones in Doha, adopts a minimalist communication during this World Cup.


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The little sentence made all the followers of the Blues smile on Wednesday afternoon.

Behind his desk and facing a hundred journalists in the press room of the French team's training center, Adrien Rabiot, relaxed, talks about his presence in the question-and-answer game.

"It's not me who chooses

, I'll stop you right away

," he jokes.

We all have to go through this

.

»

And in the assembly, to hear a colleague say with a mischievous smile: “

All?

Well almost all of them!

A thinly veiled allusion to Kylian Mbappé, who has not yet lent himself to this media exercise while the France team has been present in Doha for more than three weeks.

Kylian Mbappé, the only holder of the Blues to skip the press briefing

They are four in number not to have passed a press conference: Kylian Mbappé, Benjamin Pavard, Steve Mandanda and Alphonse Areola.

For the two substitute goalkeepers, we can easily understand it, the same for the hero of 2018, downgraded in the hierarchy…

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Source: lefigaro

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