Kylian Mbappe Blast France FA president Noel Le Graet for “disrespecting” Zinedine Zidane

 

Kylian Mbappe has accused France FA president Noel Le Graet of “disrespecting” Zinedine Zidane.

France FA president Le Graet said he “did not care” that Zidane was the subject of an approach from the Brazilian FA, who were interested in appointing the former midfielder. Zidane is regarded as a hero in French football, spearheading their 1998 World Cup triumph – including two headed goals in the final victory over Brazil.

Mbappe – the current superstar of France football, scoring eight goals at the World Cup last month – took to Twitter to respond to Le Graet’s comments, writing: “Zidane is France, we don't disrespect the legend like that...”

Zidane c’est la France, on manque pas de respect à la légende comme ça… 🤦🏽‍♂️

— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) January 8, 2023

Le Graet had said in an interview, when asked what he thought of the reports that Brazil had approached Zidane: “I don't care, he can go where he wants. He can go where he wants, in a club or a national team, I hardly believe it as far as he is concerned.

“Zidane was always under the radar. He had a lot of followers; some were waiting for Deschamps to leave. But who can seriously criticise Deschamps? No one can. There have not been many problems. His departure always generates clicks.”

Zidane has been linked with a return to management

The French FA president continued: “I have never seen Zidane, we've never thought of separating ourselves from Didier Deschamps. That doesn't correspond to anything. Some journalists need to change or invent because they don't know what to write and prefer to say bad things than good things.

“Frankly, those who condemn in advance have never taken me out. Did Zidane try to contact me? Of course not, I wouldn't even have picked up the phone. To tell him to look for another club? Make a special program so that you can find a club or a national team."

French president Emmanuel Macron has recently spoken of his ambition to help persuade Zidane to return to football in Ligue 1, amid links with the Paris Saint-Germain post. Despite being from the city of Marseille – who are domestic rivals of the French capital club .

Zidane had been strongly linked to replacing Mauricio Pochettino in the PSG hotseat earlier this year, but Christophe Galtier was appointed in the role.

Source: Mirror.co