French football is in turmoil amid a continuous series of scandals. Paul Pogba’s involvement in a bizarre extortion sagato serious sexual abuse at high levels of their games.
It is not a good sign for the future. World CupIn only two months, where France is the favourite on paper and hopes to retain the trophy won in Russia four year ago, the French team will be the champions.
Another of the many strands belonging to French football’s complex preparations for Qatar 2022 involves the national game’s golden boy, Kylian Mbappe.
He was still just a teenager when Didier Deschamps’ men lifted the trophy in Moscow but Mbappe is going into this World Cup as a mature professional and one of the sport’s most recognisable faces.
He is addicted to gambling and tantrums.
What started the dispute?
As European national teams compete in final rounds of the Nations League group stages, club football is on hold for two more weeks. This gives countries around the world the chance to play together for one last time before the World Cup.
As well as playing matches and getting some hours in on the training ground, this is also a commercial opportunity — a good time to take photos and put out content before the marketing bonanza that comes every four years when more eyeballs are on football than at any other time.
Tuesday is the
