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It was to be expected. When the announcement of Kylian Mbappé’s presence at a dinner organized by the Élysée while the Emir of Qatar was in Paris as part of negotiations concerning a truce in Gaza, rumors swirled. At a time when the Bondynois is in the process of parting ways with Paris Saint-Germain, some have jumped at the opportunity to announce a last-chance dinner for the Qataris.
Did Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani really try to convince the 2018 world champion to continue with the Rouge et Bleu when a Merengue future looms on the horizon? No one knows. But one scene gave even more weight to the rumors surrounding this highly publicized evening. While the Emir of Qatar is whispering a few words in the ear of the French striker on the steps of the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron released a sentence that has not really gone unnoticed. “You’re going to get us into trouble again.”
Spain is wary
What did the Qatari leader say to Mbappé? Was Macron’s sentence related to the future of the Parisian? Again, impossible to know. But as expected, this dinner caused a lot of talk in Spain where each media saw it as the sign they wanted to see concerning a possible attempt by the Qataris to retain Mbappé. For El Chiringuito, the publication of a photo of the dinner where we see Mbappé sitting very far from Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and the Emir is not really a sign of rapprochement. Just like the very sober and quick handshake of the Emir with NAK.
For MarcaMacron’s sentence “traveled the world”, but again, nothing is interpreted as a potential sign of an about-face from the Bondynois. For the show’s journalist El LargueroJulio Pulido, this dinner even marked the Frenchman’s farewell to his country. “What better place than the Élysée to formalize Mbappé’s departure from PSG? It was like the last dinner where he said goodbye to Macron, Al Khelaifi and the Emir. »
On the other hand, radio Cadena COPE was a little more skeptical. He also marked by the declaration of the President of the French Republic, the presenter of the show Partidazo de la CopeJuanma Casteño, was surprised to see Mbappé as the only PSG player to come to the Élysée. “If it’s not the case (speaking of Qatar’s attempt to convince Mbappé), it looks like it. Let no player go! There, Mbappé is with Macron and Al Thani, it’s incredible”. Even when a future in Madrid is certain, Mbappé still manages to make the Spanish media tremble.
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