In the French retreat, in Paderborn, this morning press conference with Theo Hernandez and Marcus Thuram. The Milan full-back was declared untransferable by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but Theo was evasive on the subject: “I’m focused on the European Championship. We will see later whether I will stay at Milan or not.” When asked about a possible return to Spain, Theo dribbled the question: “At the moment I’m not thinking about it yet.” An icy shower for the AC Milan fans and perhaps for the club.
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Here are the other words of Theo Hernandez. On his functions on the pitch: “We are working on various things. I like attacking, I love the offensive phase. We tried various situations with the coach. I made progress defensively. When I arrived at Milan, I wasn’t very good in defence. Now it’s better, but I prefer to attack.” On Austria, Les Bleus’ opponent on Monday in Dusseldorf: “We are working to be at our best, this is a competition in which there are very good national teams. We have done a good preparation and now we feel the impatience to play this debut match. We have to get to the end like in the 2022 World Cup (even if France lost the final in Qatar against Argentina, ed). There are many leaders in this group and I am very happy to be here.” On his injured brother Lucas: “It’s sad, I talk to him every day. But he is improving. We will play for him too.” On the rivalry with Inter Dumfries, given that France will face the Netherlands on the second day and given that the two have pinched each other in the derbies: “I will remain calm. What happened has happened, it’s over. If I meet him, I greet him without problems.” On the overwhelming Germany against Scotland: “Excellent team, but it’s not just the Germans. It will be a fun European Championship.” On the relationship with Mbappé and Thuram: “We get along very well with Kylian. Whoever plays on my side, whoever he is, I’m happy to play with him. Marcus had a great season with Inter.” On Rabiot: “He’s great, I really like playing with him because sometimes he tells me what to do.” On Kanté, recalled to the national team by Deschamps: “We have the usual excellent relationship and he is always the usual excellent midfielder.”
