French Striker Kylian Mbappé has reacted on Instagram to the renewal campaign unveiled by PSG in which he is the only player highlighted.
The French Striker Kylian Mbappé did not appreciate it. And he wanted to let it be known. While he was put at the centre of a re-subscription campaign at the Parc des Princes in which Lionel Messi and Neymar do not appear, the French striker published a message on social networks to tackle his club’s initiative.
“I have just taken part in the viewing of the club’s renewal campaign for the 2023-2024 season. At no time was I informed of the content of the interview with my interlocutor. It looked like a basic interview during “a club marketing day. I don’t agree with this published video. That’s why I’m fighting for individual image rights. PSG is a big club and a big family, but it’s certainly not the Kylian Saint Germain.”
Mbappé is the only one to speak in the music video
In this clip available on Youtube in an unlisted video, Kylian Mbappé is at the centre of PSG’s communication. The French striker, sitting in the stands of the Parc des Princes, is thus the only one to speak. He praises, the importance of the support of the supporters in a speech interspersed with illustrative images in which appear the young players of the workforce (Ismaël Gharbi, Warren Zaire-Emery, Nuno Mendes) … but not the other two elements of the MNM.
“The atmosphere, the ground, the atmosphere… The Parc des Princes envelops a lot of things, it is the 12th man, it is what brings us additional strength to fight our battles, declares Mbappé in particular. Being Parisian, it’s to be proud, of what we are, of what we represent, proud to be ambitious, to want to do things, a desire to win, to always surpass ourselves and never forget where we come from come.”
This choice to only put Mbappé forward and to voluntarily forget Messi and Neymar is absolutely nothing trivial. It once again demonstrates a desire to centre the project around the Frenchman, as already proven by its extension with great fanfare almost a year ago. But the form did not please the main interested party at all.