France President Emmanuel Macron hopes that Real Madrid will release Kylian Mbappe for the Olympics this year.
The statement comes ahead of Mbappe’s potential move from Paris Saint Germain to Madrid in the summer.
“I’m counting on Real Madrid to release Kylian Mbappe for the Olympics,” Macron was quoted as saying by French television channel RMC Sport.
French capital Paris will host the Olympics in July-August this year.
Mbappe had also earlier expressed his desire to feature in the Olympics for the French side.
“I have always had the same ambition: the Olympics in Paris are special,” said Mbappe in a press conference earlier this year.
“I have always said that I wanted to be there but that does not depend on me. My ambition hasn't changed. The decision still belongs to the same person. I can't say anything, I haven't been told yes or no. "
Yesterday, Mbappe had announced that he will leave the club at the end of the season as his current deal with the French side will conclude in June.
Mbappe, who joined PSG on a €120m deal from Monaco in 2017, is set to depart from the French capital after seven years.
The Frenchman will bid farewell to PSG after winning 14 trophies including six league titles. However, he couldn’t take his team to European glory as despite coming very close to winning in 2020, they lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.
"I wanted to speak to you. I have always said that I would speak with you when the time comes. And so I wanted to announce to you all that it's my last year at Paris Saint-Germain," Mbappe said in a video posted on social media.
"I will not extend and the adventure will come to an end in a few weeks. I will play my last game at the Pac Des Princes on Sunday.
"It’s a lot of emotions, many years where I had the chance and a great honour to be a member of the biggest French club. One of the best in the world, which allowed me to arrive here, to have my first experience in a club with a lot of pressure, to grow as a player of course, by being alongside some of the best in history some of the greatest champions to meet a lot of people, to grow as a man as well.
"With all the glory and the mistakes, I have made. First of all, I want to thank the teammates all of the teammates that I had, all the coaches Unai Emry, Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Christophe Galtier and Luis Enrique," he added.
