Florian Thauvin speaking about his relationship with Steve Mandanda
“It’s intense. It’s the defeat (OM lost the final of Europa League), it’s the list (the list of the player for the World Cup), it’s Steve, today this is our victory. Steve is my friend yet I don’t even consider him as a friend but more like family. He has always been there for me, I’ve always there for him. When I was in England, we were talking on the phone everyday, when he was in England we were talking on the phone everyday. I would have gave everything for him to come back and for us to be reunited and today it’s what’s happening. He’s someone I love.”
random fact: according to le parisien, kylian mbappé played the semi final and final (where he scored) of the world cup with a huge pain in the back. he actually blocked his back while taking his stuff to shower the day before france - belgium.
messi yelling at dembele on their first day back in training
“world cup don’t mean SHIT this is still MY world, you just live in it i don’t even wanna hear you talk about being a world cup winner until your ass STARTS every game in one season how many goals you score at the word cup?? how many games you start last season???? you’ll never be me BITCH”
Kylian Mbappé’s junior high school french teacher talking about the “funny” punishment he received by his mom
“One day, one of his classmate annoyed him and he made fun of his jacket. His mom dressed him with flared pants outdated since 20 years and velcro sneakers during one week. He was looking at me and he was telling me “I’m beautiful, miss ?”, I answered him“that’s okay” and he said “it’s thanks to you, miss”. But you know, since he knew I liked him, this was more an amused complicity, meaning that even in a punishment, he was able to accept it without take it bad"
Kylian Mbappé explaining why he’ll never make fun of people again
Kid: Is there things that marked you during your childhood?
Kylian: Yes, a lot of things. Once, I did something stupid (spoiler alert: he had an argument with one of his classmate and he made fun of his jacket) and my mom punished me. She dressed me with big clown pants to go to school.
*Kid’s laughing*
Kylian: You can laugh, it’s nothing, it’s past now. So, during one week I went to school with these pants. I was ashamed, in the playground I was in the corner. I promised myself to never make fun of people again because I was the shame of the school.
Here’s the version of the story of his french teacher
make no mistake, what happened to özil was xenophobic and islamophobic. He has been dealing with too much shit with his NT from the day he wore that jersey. I am glad he decided to take matters into his own hands. Hopefully this will get people talking about the unfair treatment of certain players, especially, especially players of colour.
However, what we are not going to do is make excuses for what he did. He took a picture with a murderer and dictator. He should have known better and his excuse afterwards was a joke. (that doesn’t mean that people have the right to be discriminatory and xenophobic). You cán criticize him for that but also defend him and his actions today. But don’t make excuses for a dictator. Because that is what Erdogan is. Most of you dont even know half of the horrible things he has done so please. Stop.