Kylian Mbappé, prisoner of his double je(u) with Paris
“I remain a football player and I will not go beyond this function.” This sentence is from Kylian Mbappé. “I don’t want to just play football and go home“This one is too. Given in their respective contexts, these two media outings are not incompatible. Mbappé first, in May 2022, answered questions surrounding his extension to Paris Saint-Germain at a press conference. , adorned with rumors of an omnipotent role, reaching far beyond the pitch.
Then, in June of the same year, he gave an interview to BFM TV. It is in this context that he assumed the fact of being a citizen whose positions have a tenfold weight: “I never used to hide (…) I am a man of this society, like everyone else (…) It’s just that my voice carries a little more. ” Until then, no reason to see an inconsistency. Except that sometimes, the Mbappé “PSG player and nothing more” crosses paths with the Mbappé “football player but not only”. And it sparks.
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That’s why I fight
Kylian Mbappé thus took over from Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday, deploring via his Instagram account the fact of being the central subject of a video published by the leader of Ligue 1, for the attention of his supporters: “I have just taken part in the viewing of the club’s renewal campaign for the 23/24 season. At no time was I informed of the content of the interview with my interlocutor. It looked like a basic interview at a club marketing day. I do not agree with this posted video.”
And to add:This is why I fight for individual image rights” A fight that he leads in particular in the France team. Conclusion, by the 24-year-old star: “PSG is a big club and a big family, but it is certainly not Kylian Saint-GermainThe video in question, “unlisted”, does not appear on the homepage of the PSG YouTube channel this Friday, but it is still possible to consult it. A funny in-between which seems symptomatic of a malaise.
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Half-victory and total defeat
Paris Saint-Germain may not be Kylian Saint-Germain, but they seem forced to rely on their star player when it comes to deciding on the image they want to convey as club. Or at least in part. Mbappé knows it. He plays it and assumes it publicly. The resulting message is all the more powerful as the balance of power between PSG and its star striker is thus exposed. It is not just fantasized. “The club made its mea culpa and admitted its mistake for this clip which was not validated by PSG communication and the player“, recounts what is more a colleague of France Blue Paris.
The Mbappé, who does not want to be content with running behind a ball, without leaving a broader legacy than limited to a myriad of goals and trophies, has managed to reaffirm a conviction. He won, in part. But the one who does not want to look like a domestic tyrant, he gave the image of a stronger personality than the sacrosanct “institution”, by denouncing precisely that. He lost, and added tension in the midst of a sporting crisis, a few hours from a Nice-PSG (Saturday, 9 p.m.) which is expensive for the coronation.
It’s the club’s project and it’s not my project
For Paris Saint-Germain, the situation seems inextricable. This quack could have been avoided, without a dysfunctional organization, but the evil is deeper. “It’s the club’s project and it’s not my project“, said again in this famous interview with BFM TV Kylian Mbappé, whose contract runs until 2025 but contains as a reminder an optional last season, according to The team. An absence of responsibilities that sticks less and less with his ambition to be master of his destiny, on all terrains. Mbappé is a prisoner of his double je(u), and Paris with him.
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