French soccer ‘bleus’: World Cup team reportedly not training in Wellesley after all

Reports surfaced early this year—including here—that the French World Cup soccer team, Les Bleus, had chosen Babson College as its training site. However, reports out of France’s L’Equipe newspaper this week say it looks as if the team will train instead at Bentley University in Waltham.

Babson declined to comment on the original reports of the soccer team coming here in January. We’ve reached out for comment on the latest, and will update this post if we hear back.

The French Football Federation in January said it had chosen Babson College as its home base for this summer’s FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. It posted a video showing FFF officials touring the grounds at the Wellesley business school.

Their arrival would have created both excitement and public safety challenges in town.

Les Bleus—led by star player Kylian Mbappé—is set to play Norway at the rebranded Boston Stadium in Foxborough on June 26 as part of the opening group stage World Cup matches.

France and Brazil actually have a friendly match slated for this Thursday in Foxborough.