🚨🚨BREAKING SPAIN’S PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SÁNCHEZ DEFENDS MBAPPÉ 🇫🇷🔥
🗣️ “Honestly, I think people are making this situation much bigger than it needs to be. Kylian Mbappé is a footballer, not a politician. He made a comment, it caused controversy, and he apologised. What more are we expecting from him?
I respect China and its people, but I will not pretend that Spanish football should suffer because of a controversy involving one individual. La Liga has millions of supporters around the world, and they should not become victims of a dispute they had nothing to do with.
If Mbappé made a mistake, let him take responsibility for it. But there must also be room for people to apologise and move forward. We cannot demand apologies from people and then act as though those apologies mean absolutely nothing.
I will not support a situation where one footballer’s controversy becomes a problem for an entire country’s football industry.
China has every right to express its displeasure, but Spanish football also deserves to be treated fairly. We should be looking for a solution, not escalating a disagreement until everybody loses.
At some point, we must remember that this is football, not a war between nations. Mbappé has apologised, and I believe it is time for everyone to take a step back and approach this situation with a little more perspective.”