Letter from the Blues on human rights: for Raphaël Varane it is "the human being who expresses himself"

Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin 8:40 p.m., November 15, 2022

The day after the release of the captain of the Blues, Hugo Lloris, in a press conference, announcing an imminent operation on the denunciation of human conditions in Qatar, it was through a press release that the Blues decided to act.

The French team unveiled, on Tuesday afternoon, a letter supporting NGOs working for human rights.

Raphaël Varane declared at the microphone of

that through this act, it is "the human being who expresses himself above all."

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A "commitment to respect for human rights"

In this letter, the Blues recall their "attachment to respect for human rights and (their) refusal of any form of discrimination", before announcing their support for "NGOs working for the protection of human rights, through the Generation 2018 endowment to which all the players of the 2022 selection and the members of the staff are associated.

"First of all, it's human beings who speak beyond the players and we do it by staying in our place. We are players, we have this way of expressing ourselves, but it's human that we s is expressed through this letter", justified Raphaël Varane at the microphone of

.

As a reminder, Génération 2018 is a fund intended to finance societal actions, a fund created by the world champions four years ago after their coronation in Russia.

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"Express humanly what we feel"

For the international of the Blues, it was important to support these human rights, in a country where criticism emanates in number.

"It's also a lot of light on us, and we also want to express humanly what we feel and it was done," said Raphaël Varane in

.

"It's not easy" to be a footballer today, smiles the defender of the Blues, before continuing: "There are a lot of issues, a lot of pressure, a lot of requests, a lot of things around a career and it's often much more complicated than what you can see from the outside," said the Manchester United defender.