A divisional commander, a liaison and security officer for the French national team since 2004, is the subject of disciplinary proceedings and a judicial investigation into a €60,300 donation received in 2023 from Kylian Mbappé. Mohamed S., known as "Momo," is still active with the French national team, pending further findings from the DGPN.

Faithful to his post, on Monday, Mohamed S., familiarly nicknamed "Momo" or "the Republic" by several generations of Blues, stood at the top of the steps of the Clairefontaine pavilion to welcome them as part of the start of the international window. This police commander has emerged from the shadows since the media coverage of a customary donation he received from Kylian Mbappé .

The French national team's liaison and security officer (since 2004) received €60,300 from the footballer in 2023. The current captain of the French national team also paid a check for €30,000 to each of the four chief brigadiers assigned to the French national team's security that year.

The subject of an investigation by the National Police Inspectorate (IGPN), Mohamed S. appeared before a disciplinary board on Tuesday, according to information from the newspaper Le Monde and Nouvel Obs .

Failure to fulfill "his duty of probity", "loyalty" and "accountability"

This pillar of coach Didier Deschamps's staff, who joined the police in 1988, was accused of having "failed in his duty of probity," "loyalty," and "reporting" to his superiors, according to the administrative investigation documents relayed by Le Monde. The question was whether it was indeed a donation or a service for private individual protection. The police officer is indeed visible on Kylian Mbappé 's trips to Cameroon and Vaucluse in the summer of 2023 .

At this stage, and after a hearing lasting several hours, the 58-year-old man is not subject to any sanctions and can return to his duties. Representatives of the police administration had requested his early retirement as a sanction, but the unions unanimously opposed it. This matter is now in the hands of the National Police Directorate (DGPN), which will make a decision in the coming months.

"Everything was done in accordance with the rules"

According to the French player's lawyers, "everything was done in compliance with the rules" and "without any compensation," adding that "since his debut with the French team, he (Mbappé) has always chosen to donate all of his selection bonuses." "The donation received for the 2022 World Cup was legal, made by check, and did not need to be declared. It makes no sense to make a retrospective link between this donation and the interventions made by my client in 2023 with Kylian Mbappé during public trips," declared the captain's lawyer, Jean-Baptiste Soufron.