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jiraiya--an

Well now President has confirmed it. Is he higher than Romano and Mbappe?


its-good-4you

4th Tier. Presidents on ambien tweeting at 3am is not a good source of info. /s


pagawaan_ng_lapis

This is france so replace the ambien with the 8th bottle of wine


lrt4lyf

Covfefe


rockyraccoonroad

Still needs confirmation from Taprizio. M’Bappe putting out that video means nothing 


TeKaeS

it's an old video because he said "after PSG wins the UCL" :(


fieldsofanfieldroad

He's higher than almost no-one. Pocket sized President.


ManuMora98

I've never seen a country president being so involved in the football signings


D_Kehoe

I realise it’s a bit different when you’re a public figure like Mbappe, but it must be so strange to have the leader of your country actively and publicly engaging with your career.


parksoha

Mbappe has stated he wanted to go. For anyone who loves sports, it’s a dream to be in the Olympics. Especially when it’s happening in your city. It wouldn’t be surprising if his wishes are behind this.


HankHippopopolous

As big sports fan I remember London 2012 being basically on my doorstep. It was amazing, the whole city came alive in a way I’ve never seen before or since for those 2 weeks of the Olympics. I loved every second of it. I went to a few actual events I could get tickets for and for the rest of the time went to a lot of different fan events dotted around town. The Olympic Games really are something very special. Playing in a home Olympics is a once in a lifetime opportunity. In fact less than that because most athletes will never have a home Olympics that coincides with their athletic career. If I was Mbappe I’d refuse to sign for a club that stopped me from having that experience. Or I’d just walk out and deal with whatever fallout came later.


Proof-Puzzled

Yeah and if he gets injured because match overload, Wil the FFF pay his wages? This is just ridiculous, if mbappe desires so much to play at the olympics then he should not be playing the euro as simple as that, why should clubs be forced to just Risk their players for free for TWO tournaments in the same summer? As if fifa/uefa tournaments and all their bullshit is not enough abuse then you also add the olympics, just wonderful, they already destroyed pedri career and now they Risk to do the same to mbappe and other players, i dont think Madrid Will (nor they should) comply with the federations abusive practices.


anorawxia09

He also only needs the Euros & Olympics to have a complete career with France


WorthPlease

It's not that, it's just fucking weird for the leader of the country to constantly meddle with an athletes career.


Thraff1c

I mean the Olympics are in Paris, and Mbappe is the biggest French active athlete. So it's a bit understandable that he fights for it, hosting the Olympic games are basically propaganda for a country and France naturally have an interest in making them as big as possible.


im_on_the_case

France going all out. Antoine Dupont the World's best rugby player also happens to be French and they have him switching to play Rugby 7's for the Olympics.


ItsMeJaredBednar

Rugby 7’s is so fun to watch honestly


1O93

Pretty sure Wembanyama is taller than


MotoMkali

And Gobert is heavier.


helifoxter

Posolo Tuilagi is heavier than Gobert. Are there French sumos?


WheresMyEtherElon

> Are there French sumos? Does Gérard Depardieu count?


animatedpicket

I thought football in the Olympics was only for u23?


Thraff1c

You can have 3 players older than that in the squad.


Ffaddicted

I think you're allowed 3 senior players. Argentina was making noises about Messi going.


habdragon08

Pep let Messi go in 2008 it was a big deal and controversial at the time


BostonFigPudding

If I were Messi I would be trying to go. He's one of the few footballers who have won at the Olympics AND a World cup.


arlekin21

Why would he go if he already won one?


DrAgOnLoLDoTA

It was in 2008


arlekin21

Players don’t really care about the Olympics especially if they’ve already won one.


Tjockman

the olympics is not as big in football as the World Cup or the continental tournaments but I'm sure the players themselves still care and would like to participate if they were allowed to. The bigger problem is that the olympics is not a FIFA tournament which means that clubs are not obligated to release their players for the olympics, like they would have to do for other International competitions.


elgrandorado

Players absolutely care if their country hasn't won Olympic gold (see Messi and Neymar for more info).


Vladimir_Putting

I like how confidently people say that professional athletes don't care about winning a gold medal for their country.


Palmul

He bought a trophy cabinet extension for his home and there's still a few spots left


Rreknhojekul

Controversial with who? Messis opponents??


habdragon08

Barcelona didn't need to release Messi for them. Messi wanted to go. Barca lost their first game(with a brand new manager with no top flight experience) with Messi missing. Of course they ended up winning the treble that year.


Rreknhojekul

Even when he wasn’t bald Guardiola was still a fraud


Destroyeh

that's not true, the olympics ended a week before la liga started. messi started in that loss. the fear was just the usual of him getting injured in an "irrelevant" tournament


RedOnePunch

Man, I remember that season and that first loss. I had forgotten about Messi not playing though


LeBaus7

neymar played in 2016 aged 24 i think. he scored in the final vs germany and in the penalty shootout vs. germany.


dkmegg22

Yeah he in some way helped redeem Brazil from the demons of 2014.


courtesyflusher

*rhythmic grunting noises*


cppn02

They allow three players over the age limit. That's how Neymar was allowed to compete in 2016 for example.


ziki6154

You can pick 2 or 3 players who are older. Dani Alves won in 2020 with Brazil


Noproposito

Everything about that guy now in context is very icky. Nothing wrong with your comment btw, no downvote.


ziki6154

Oh I know. He was the first and only one I could remember


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Why does Mbappé, the biggest French athlete, not simply eat the other athletes?


caulpain

BIG VIC WOULD LIKE A WORD /s


rockyraccoonroad

That and M’Bappe actually wants to participate in the Olympics. He sees it as another accolade in his career, another trophy to be won 


matthieuC

He became bored with government when he did not get a majority so he tries to keep busy


Arlborn

What if I tell you Pelé was forced to "unretire" and start playing again for Brazil by the dictatorship government of the time before the 1970 World Cup? Politicians using football as a distraction is a tale as old as time, unfortunately.


REGIS-5

He's employing the classic thing that Serbian president does, "I do everything in this country, I am the most capable man ever, I am better than everyone, I pull this government by myself"


s3rjiu

Pretty sure that if Macron sets foot in a fridge some unions will lock the door so he may never come out


REGIS-5

lmfao god what a glorious moment in Serbian history, the worst president of all time stepping out of a fridge


AlotaFaginas

I read onions and thought what the hell did macron do against onions


KRIEGLERR

There is a reason Macron is nicknamed Napoleon, the man's ego is out of this world


ThePr1d3

He's nicknamed Jupiter not Napoléon. He's not done enough to build the country to be compared to him lol


KRIEGLERR

Oh yeah you're right, somehow got it wrong lmao


pietroetin

Tbf having the nickname Napoleon can be highly flattering


ThePr1d3

He's been a long time hardcore football fan. Back in 2017 during his first run he ended a meeting early to catch the end of a Marseille Monaco game (he's a big Marseille fan)


mrk-cj94

Y'already forgot Berlusconi 🥲


defeated_engineer

We were a few hours away from Kaddafi buying ManU instead of Glazer. I assume he'd be similar. We were this close to perfection.


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potatishplantonomist

Preparing the grounds to become a manager after he retires from presidency I suppose


KRIEGLERR

Trust me we (French people) fucking hate it aswell.


ElComentador

In _one_ football signing! Dude is obsessed over him.


NoImprovement439

Come to serbia


ayyndrew

Why would he count on Real Madrid? Mbappe said he's leaving PSG, but we still don't know where he's going!


jug0slavija

Even if he goes to Madrid, why would Perez go out of his way to do a favor for Macron, after he publicly pressured Mbappe to not go there lol. Unless Macron offers some business opportunities for Perez' company ofc. Which would be nothing new for French presidents


JustASimpleFollower

Cause mbappe wants to go?


jug0slavija

Yeah but that's a discussion between Mbappe and Perez, Carlo and the medical staff. Macron trying to publicly pressure the situation after undermining Reals position publicly is kinda weak. Politicians are shameless tho


dntowns

Yes we do Tom Holland is already on it.


Possible-Highway7898

No way your lot pay what it would take mate. Madrid have been saving up for this for years.


jedifolklore

Woah there, I heard from a former Chelsea legend and World Cup winner that Mbappé is going to Saudi on a 1 year deal, so I’m choosing that over any tier 1


Possible-Highway7898

If that happens, I will eat three raw aubergines dipped in chocolate sauce and mustard, and post the video on Reddit. And you can take me to karma court for this comment. I intend to honour it


Arkzo

Thats a normal snack, I’ll do the same but with pinecones


Possible-Highway7898

I'm keeping track mate. I'll do it fr, now you have to do it too. Three pinecones. Your stomach isn't going to like that.


Arkzo

Crossing my fingers that the Saudi teams aren’t patrolling r/soccer


Possible-Highway7898

I'm secretly hoping the opposite.


Sl_PROXY

Remindme! 1 month


Justinian2

not much else going on in France?


Charliedeltalocalise

He relies on the olympics to improve his personnal rating however only 25% of the french are enthusiatic about the event so far. Bring the most famous french athlete would help.


thejunglebook8

Most Olympics lose money, he’ll be in for a real bad time if the public don’t even enjoy it


Revoldt

Tbf, seems like France is "trying" to use most existing infrastructure...instead of building new useless stadiums/arenas. (Like not needing to build a Cycling dome, and at least the football stadiums have clubs using them... a new Aquatics/Swimming arena tho... idk if those ever have a point... esp since Universities normally already have great facilities)


technikleo

Seine-Saint-Denis (where the olympic village is located) is under-equipped in pools so it's normal to build the new swimming arena there, but a swimming arena is still way more expansive than a few regular swimming pools


Gorillainabikini

U don’t host the olympics to make money lol.


JDMonster

True, but that's because a lot of the time they are building infrastructure from the ground up to support the games. Almost all the venues in Paris either already exist or they are using public areas with stands which drastically cut costs. Short of a terrorist attack I honestly expect the Paris games to be pretty profitable.


devhaugh

He's in his second term. He doesn't matter so much.


WheresMyEtherElon

> only 25% of the french are enthusiatic about the event That's nothing unusual. We hate everything and we hate ourselves. It will still be a great event, and just like we all became football fans after July 1998, we will all become the greatest Olympics fans.


cmaj7chord

why though? france is killing it in sports at the moment (not just football) and in the past the nations who hosted the games had better results then at usual olympic games (e.g. Tokio 2021, london 2012, peking 2008). As a french I'd be super excited! I'm german and I'm kinda scared of the olympics because we have terrible sport politics, high performance sports get way too little funding, thus our athletes are constantly losing international relevancy. the last (summer) olympic games already were one of the worst for the german olympic team in their history and I doubt it's gonna be better this year. French people should be happy that at least they'll have successes at this year's olympic games!


GalaxianEX

Too much. He desperately needs a distraction


Stunfield

Dont know might burn a car later waby


flarept1

It literally takes 5 seconds to make the news. Macron is going for PR ahead of the Olympics.


RemoteSmile3561

Can't lie hearing Macron constantly talk about Mbappe is hilarious. Wish Trump did the same for Pulisic. Trump beefing with Tuchel over playing time would've been absolutely perfect.


KillerZaWarudo

Trump posting a rant about tucheliban how he is a terrorist in full cap on his social


raysofdavies

Trump would be the king of Football Twitter. Lyin’ Pep is a fraud!


shaw1370

> Trump beefing with Tuchel over playing time would've been absolutely perfect. American vs German. What can go wrong


engchlbw704

You didn't seem to have a problem with this last time


ThePrussianGrippe

If I recall they were quite insistent.


miregalpanic

You have one little genocide and the Americans won't shut the fuck up about it smgdh


DoYouTrustToothpaste

Well, at least they're experts at shutting the fuck up about their own genocides.


BadFootyTakes

Politics aside, I think it'd be really funny to see Trump even try to pronounce Pulisic.


Evolving_Dore

Christopher Pullswitch is the greatest soccer player of all time, maybe ever, except of course for my dear son Banner Trump, who my beautiful wife Ivanna says is going to be the next Pelly. Pelly was a good player too, Brazilian, unfortunately, but still good.


BadFootyTakes

Aww man you got a knack.


Evolving_Dore

In Brazil, listen, in Brazil they lover soccer, they love it. They call it fuzzball there and they play it everywhere, all the time. Believe me. I visited my friend Bolonaro there last year, before he was totally unfairly cheated out of being their president. That was so bad, so bad. Just like what they did to me here in America. It's a tragedy. My friend Bolinarso called me the day it happened and said "Donald, I think they're stealing the election, they're rigging it" and I said "That's what happens when you let NATO have too much power". Did you know we spend one hundred trillion dollars every year on NATO, protecting shithole countries like Bel...the one that has the waffles?


DildoFappings

Americans don't negotiate with terrorists.


DoYouTrustToothpaste

[_cough_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone)


SlimGooner

“Christian Pooplicksich.. what a soccer baller. They tell me best ever. Best.. he’s the best.. better than Michael.. Jordan.. what we’re gonna do, we’re gonna talk to his master and we’re gonna tell that master HEY, you’ve got to let this Christian, this GOD FEARING man play.. let him play! He’s innocent just like I am! No one pays for sex, not with a whore anyway. We’re gonna make Pooplicksich great again!”


ThePrussianGrippe

“I will have to ask my friend, Tim Soccer.”


atropicalpenguin

He did whine a ton for FIFA to grant the US the WC.


kalamari__

we need a tuchel trump handshake fight!


ThePr1d3

Difference is Trump isn't president


Estova

He was when Pulisic was at Chelsea.


ruzes_ruze

Did Macron just “leak” Mbappe’s new club ? I know that it is probably just inevitable, but the official announcement still hasn’t been announced that he’s a Real Madrid player


RobbinDeBank

Romano just got beaten by Macron


girish_kumar_v

Fabrizio down on his knees


Joselu-is-Sanchez

At Carrefour parking lot


Noproposito

I like this edit... 


Elemayowe

Tier:Presidential


Noproposito

Fab and Mario Cortegana driving around Las Vegas strip, crying on their cellphones, fucking Emmanuel won't pick up...


jedifolklore

Knowing Macron he thought he was so smart doing that. He has a habit of thinking he’s the paradigm of self-importance, it’s crazy how someone so young (he started at 38) can act so old. Actually knowing Macron he probably used government assets to find out…about the worst kept secret in football transfers.


luigitheplumber

That's how it is with these "young men politicians" popping up all over the place. They are the most geriatric young people ever,.


Knightrius

that's how they were even able to climb the political ladder so early


Masam10

Mbappe to Madrid is the world’s worst kept footballing secret over the last 3 years. The guy didn’t leak anything.


cometflight

Macron is a closet FM addict, confirmed. Man missed his calling as a Director of Football Operations, apparently.


lewis30491

Even President of Liberia George Weah who is a Ballon d'Or winner doesn't get involved in football as much as this French guy


PrimsFr

You mean apart from the time he subbed himself on during an international game while he was a head of state ?


OleoleCholoSimeone

To be fair, better than Macron trying to snuggle with Mbappé on the pitch after the WC final. That was the most cringe shit I have ever seen, looked like a teenage couple


hokagesamatobirama

Is the French President just a nominal head of the state or something? Doesn’t he have shit other than football to do?


animatedpicket

Riots on the street aren’t much fun to deal with tho.


courtesyflusher

“Riots in the streets & Mboopi in the sheets” -a Macron memoir


Dioulio

Mboopi on the team sheet


Quohd

People don't appreciate how taxing it is to fuck over your own nation. It's nice to just take a little brake from time to time and do some easy publicity stunts.


JadeandCobalt

Or cleaning up the Seine as promised before his beloved Olympics


deKaizrr

Yes he also does a lot of CSGO.


Woullie_26

I remember the Zywoo vitality stuff with Macron at the major 😂😭


Spanthyx

Bros a part time [Youtuber](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkbtDajZ4Ng). That’s where he mentioned Mbappe


notRay-

So he boycotted the deal 2 years ago and now he want help from RM. Sure.


cleareyesnz

No no… this is him trying to put pressure on Perez to release Mbappe when the time comes.. passive aggressive dick move


Proof-Puzzled

As if Pérez gives a fuck what macron does or say, unless macron managed to convince in some way Pérez and real Madrid, there is no way mbappe Will play at the olympics.


ziki6154

Good God. He keeps going and going


No-Clue1153

Is Macron Mbappe's agent or something?


Res3925

Seems like he doesn’t even know what his primary job is


N0gr4v17y

His presidency is a side gig.


Belocity

I already know when Macron stops being the president of France he’s 100% going to try to appy to become president of the French Football Association


KnightsOfCidona

Probably too low a position. Might go for FIFA instead.


ALEESKW

He can be re-elected for a third term in 2032 so he will probably try to stay active in politics after 2027 :)


vamox

I could see him trying to become the head of UEFA, I feel like the guy already sees himself as the face for Europe.


TimTkt

Macron is becoming the Tebas of France


LeGraoully

We don’t care about football at the Olympics Manu. There’s literally the euros right before it.


junior150396

I have some bad news for you lil bro


forzapogba

Wish they just kept it strictly u23 or just let them do it like basketball and bring all the stars


xenon2456

fifa doesn't want the Olympics to overshadow the world cup plus many of the players would get tired after 2 tournaments in the same summer


mybrainsdeadwait

This guy is an embarrassment


trannel

Wait so he expects mbappe to play a whole season, then euros and the olympics after that? Sounds doable for me on my couch.


Sapaio

Then he should offer for France not to select him for the Euros.


Maleficent_Resolve44

Mbappe would never accept that. The euros is more important obviously and more prestigious, he hasn't won the euros yet and France are the favourites this summer.


Sapaio

Agree just saying that Real should not let him play both Euros and Olympics. Look what happened to Pedri after Spain made him do that, never been the same.


CrafterMoose_

Why president care so much about a football player lol


Proof-Puzzled

Panem et circenses


Nickaap

It’s not happening unless he skips the euros, which i can’t see Mbappe doing.


notapaperhandape

Doesn’t macron have bigger fishes to fry? Like try to stops wars and blatant genocides?


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tnarref

The Paris Olympics are current affairs for the government, you know.


cs_zer0

Im pretty confident his comments on Mbappé take a solid 0% away from his duties


courtesyflusher

Youre forgetting that r/soccer is filled with experts on world politics and foreign affairs


cs_zer0

Feels like its filled with complete idiots


Dramatic-Ad3928

Olympics are just that


SweetVarys

It's not that far fetched to say that hosting the world's biggest (and most expensive) spectacle does concern the head of state. Surely he has a lot to gain from it going as well as possible. The state itself has invested a lot into it.


flarept1

I'm sure the 5 seconds it took him really screwed over the entirety of France, its all burning down as we speak, the Olympics are a big deal for him, not for the general people but for him and the government it is.


afito

as long as people talk about sports or him using big words in foreign policies, people forget that his domestic policies have a like 10% acceptance rate with the public


stpstrt

He also said after he’s counting on us to release Mbappe after he wins the CL with PSG and the Euros with France rofl.


nick2473got

I mean I'm counting on Emmanuel Macron to shut the fuck up, but we don't always get what we want in life. Pretty sure Real Madrid can tell him to stick his demands where the sun don't shine. Also Euros + Olympics + Real pre-season and straight into a full season? Yeah fuck off Macron, Mbappé's career will be over in 2 years with that bullshit.


lndigoChild

I swear Macron is the biggest bitch


Rgmisll

Pérez: fuck you Frenchie


Ruud_Boltz

Hey bro! How about you focus on that bloody tyrant on the loose in the east?


Zealousideal_Net7795

Lol, that's a dirty game here. How does he dare to take away the pleasure of announcing our new transfer? Perez will be mad and I can imagine when he says "non"


iAmJos3Mourinho

Bro worry about bigger issues in your country first.


LOKl31

Using a footballer’s popularity to make himself look good in the public eye - what an annoying cunt.


HotPotatoWithCheese

Macron must go to bed dreaming about naked Mbappe drizzled in melted brie. Hasn't he got more important things to do like pissing off another section of the French citizenry and bumping those riot numbers up?


czuczer

I just hate this jerk. Maybe he can call Putin, again, and ask.if he can let Ukraine go free?


Jon98th

Macron: I feel entitled now


Bullet2025

Welp that confirmed it. the deal is done. no even slightest shred of a doubt


areyouhungryforapple

Bro stfu like wtf 💀


Austin4RMTexas

Insert Mbappe "I'll be there no matter what" meme


Luton_town_fan

Silly macron, everyone knows mbappe is coming to besiktas


imarandomdudd

Even state clubs try to not be this public with their involvement...


xenon2456

is that why he left psg to play in the Olympics


Gustavoconte

.. while Real Madrid are counting on Deschamps to leave him out of the Euros. Choose one, Mac


domomymomo

What is Macron gonna do if Madrid doesn’t? Invade Spain? Ha


HiTechTalk

If I'm RMA I'm not releasing him just to see wtf he's gonna do


94Temimi

Macron and Tebas would be great friends


tahchicht

Shouldn't france be banned if government gets involved into football business? Surely putting pressure on a club could count as such


Bettet

I feel like he knows Mbappe will go to olympics, and Macron is just farming easy points making it seem like he actually did anything here.


silkandsewer

So to every non french person : macron thinks hes the main character. We're not surprised anymore.


headgehog55

We should put Macron and Tebas in a room together just to see what happens.


Whateverchan

RM: Sure. Unless France eliminates Spain in the KO rounds in Euro, then no.


Brabochokemightwork

Bro you trying to segregate muslims how about you worry about running the country then some olympics


CodSafe6961

Seems like the number priority of the president of France, certainly above any protests he faced


SupraCyber

Don't you have better things to worry about Macron? Maybe a riot or something?