“You’re going to create problems for us”

“You’re going to create more problems for us.”. With a joking tone and nervous laughter, the president of France, Emmanuel Macronhe threw that dart when shaking the striker’s hand Kylian Mbappéupon receiving him for an honorary dinner with the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamd Al Thaniwho is also the PSG ownera club that will leave the 2018 world champion at the end of this season.

The thing is that the meeting took place weeks after the alleged communication that the footballer himself had made about his departure – probably to Real Madrid in Spain – to the president of the Parisian club, Nasser Al-Khelaifiwho was also invited to the dinner at the Eliseo Park.

As captured by the cameras of the French site RMC Sports, the French president would have said that phrase to Mbappé, which aroused nervous laughter from the forward, who then continued on his way. Next to him was the Emir of Qatar, who also shook his hand with extreme confidence.

This situation went back to what happened before the World Cup in Qatar, when Mbappé renewed his contract with PSG and recognized Macron’s intervention in making that decision. “He called me and said, ‘I know you want to leave. I want to tell you that you are also important in France. I do not want you to go. You have the opportunity to write history here. ‘Everyone loves you’. I said I appreciated it, because he’s really crazy. The president calls you and wants you to stay,” explained the Bondi-born in an interview with Sports Illustrated in November 2022.

Macron, according to French media, also spoke about the 2022 World Cup and congratulated the emir of Qatar for the organization, always in the presence of the 25-year-old forward. Eye, He also did not fail to remember the enormous save by Emiliano Dibu Martínez, which is evidently still alive in his memory.

“What beautiful memories too, in moments as vibrant as that 2022 World Cup. That extraordinary game by Kylian, the memory of the saved shot against Kolo Muani that is still alive in French hearts. But that’s the beautiful game of sport. “They succeeded in a formidable competition with, I think, the most spectacular ending of all time,” Macron told the emir.