Apparently, Noël Le Graët forgot certain details in his interview at JDD this Sunday. Asked about Kylian Mbappé, the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) returned to their interview after the Euro, and the elimination of the Blues following a shot on goal missed by the Parisian against Switzerland. “He found that the Federation had not defended him after his missed penalty and the criticism on the networks (…). He was angry, he didn’t want to play in the France team anymore – which he obviously didn’t think, ”said Le Graët.
Even on vacation, the Blues striker apparently read these words, and wanted to clarify certain things. “Yes finally I explained to him above all well that it was in relation to racism and NO to the penalty. But he considered that there had been no racism… “wrote Kyky on his Twitter account.
After the elimination of the Blues, the Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation following racist tweets targeting several players, including Mbappé. A year before that, the president of the FFF had affirmed that racism “in sport and football in particular does not exist or hardly exists”. Remarks not very well received by everyone, to put it like that.