Henry, Madrid: “I haven’t received so many rejections since school…”

The end of the false disqualification regarding the presence of Kylian Mbappe at the Olympic Games came to an end this Monday, at 11:00 am, after Thierry Henry will announce the team for the Olympic tournament. The future Real Madrid player did not answer the call and the French coach assured that “he hasn’t received so many refusals since school” when asked about his no-show.

“There is no need to draw a line of hope. We don’t know what will happen, but I owe you a pretty realistic list, but don’t start doing unrealistic things. The list is subject to change, but we must provide it so that players can prepare. The door is not closed to anyone. There is no discussion. You come, ask, they tell you “no”, and you leave. “The last time I got this many rejections was in high school.”said Henry, who also acknowledged that the list would include a player over 23 years of age, but did not name him.

The legend of the French national team, the Olympic coach of the Paris competition, added that “The people Real Madrid talked to about the Olympics were very open with me.” His desire was to call Mbappe, but many clubs refused among them, the whites, through a letter sent a month ago to the French Football Federation, forced him to create an alternative list with numerous absences. Even Macron’s pressure, even organizing an event at the Elysee Palace asking Florentino Perez to go with Mbappe to the Games, had no effect.

Henry, who nevertheless called up Zaire-Emery and Barcola, both from PSG, although in France they suspected that the Parisians were not going to send their players to the Games, like Yoro from Lille.who could sign for Real Madrid has confirmed that the offer is “subject to change”, so it is possible that it will undergo changes before July 3, the day it is due to be announced.

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