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Macron, decisive card for Mbappé

to flag Kylian Mbappé as a French icon it was a state matter. It was known and has been shown, as the player of the PSG. He confirmed having spoken with Emmanuel Macron on the subject, appreciating the “good advice” of the French president, who wanted the striker to stay.

“We have spoken a few times. We are going to say that it was good advice. He wanted me to stay, that is part of the negotiations,” Mbappé declared in an interview with various media, including the AFPorganized after a press conference at the Princes Park.

“He is part of the different people with whom I have talked about football. That is when you see that football has changed and that it occupies an important place in society,” added the player.

“I chose to stay in my country. I am French and as a Frenchman I want to continue a bit, take France to the top and give titles to this championship and to this club,” he said at a press conference.

Mbappé has had the opportunity to talk on several occasions with the French head of state, who imposed the Legion of Honor in 2019 after the World Cup title in Russia-2018.

Emmanuel Macron had praised in January, in the newspaper The Team, the attitude of Mbappé, who, “far from the drifts” of fame, keeps “his head on his shoulders” and commits himself beyond sport “for vaccination” and “against violence”. “I am sure of one thing: he will continue to surprise us,” Macron wrote in the sports paper.

In 2021, Macron also spoke with Mbappé as part of an “anecdote contest” with two star youtubers in the Elysee Palace.