Paris Olympics 2024: “Doing the Euro and the Olympics ? Everything is possible”, Thierry Henry still believes in Mbappé’s participation in the Games

Will Mbappé be there in Paris in 2024 ? – Assembly, MAXPPP.

In balance this summer to double Euro and Olympics, PSG superstar Kylian Mbappé is not sure of anything as his transfer to Real Madrid looms.  

Thierry Henry, the Bleuets coach, wanted to be combative on Monday at Clairefontaine, believing that "playing the Euro and the Olympics was possible", but that the clubs remained the final decision-makers.

Back to Didier Deschamps, the coach of the French team, who declared last Thursday that it was "very difficult to string together two competitions&quot ; like the Euro (June 14-July 14) and the Olympic Games (July 24-August 9), Henry declared: "Making the Euro and the Olympics ? Everything is possible".

Henry believes it

Henry still added that the last word belonged to the clubs, who were not obliged to release their players for the Olympic tournament. “It's the Olympics, in France, the French clubs will be there to help. But for foreign clubs, I doubted it. I never stopped at the first no. We will see what we can do, the decision will remain that of the clubs, since these are not Fifa dates. We will try to discuss, but it's not easy", said Henry.

Yes, there are quite a few names we would like to have. But we don't know when the yes will arrive

The coach of the French Olympic team was questioned about the decision of Real Madrid, where Kylian Mbappé could join next season, not to release its players for the Olympics. "We'll try to talk, see what we can do. There are quite a few branches on the tree. We have to survey everyone. We'll see if we can be received. It’s difficult to prepare because we don’t have certainty. Yes, there are quite a few names we would like to have. But we don't know when the yes will arrive. And if the player changes club… It’s not easy, but we knew it", insisted the coach.

The French under-23s will play two friendly matches, against Ivory Coast, on March 22 in Châteauroux, and against the United States, on March 25 ;March in Sochaux. Two matches which mark the start of their preparation for the Olympic tournament, the draw for which will take place on Wednesday in Paris.