Paris Saint-Germain would have done well without this clash with its star Kylian Mbappé. In a message posted on his Instagram account
this Thursday, April 6, the striker criticized his own club’s advertising campaign. “I do not agree with the video published. This is why I am fighting for the rights to the individual image. PSG is a big club and a big family, but it is certainly not Kylian Saint-Germain”, writes the player.
“We really didn’t need that at the moment”
“We really didn’t need that right now,” slips a source close to the file at PSG. The atmosphere within the club is already tense because of the poor results lately. The management – despite its annoyance in view of the controversy generated by the incendiary message of its players – tried this Thursday, April 6 to defuse the affair quickly.
This commercial was shot during a workshop. Several PSG footballers took part, but in the end, only Kylian Mbappé’s message was retained. “The ambience, the pitch, the atmosphere… the Parc des Princes encompasses a lot of things. It’s the 12th man. It’s what brings us extra strength to fight our battles,” declares the attacker sitting in the stands. Then appears a montage with the best goals of Kylian Mbappé in the PSG jersey. “To be Parisian is to be proud of who we are, of what we represent, proud to be ambitious to do things, we want to win, always surpass ourselves, and never forget where we come from. “, he concludes in this video.
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This message is not controversial but Kylian Mbappé believes that he puts it too much forward and that it could make people think that there is only him in the PSG project. The video was shot during a workshop.
Mea culpa du club
The Mbappé clan and the leaders of PSG explained themselves at length. The club even made its mea culpa and admitted errors to the channel before the broadcast of this video message. Sources close to the club also explain that the communication from PSG and the player, via his relatives, had not validated this message. However, the club ultimately decided to leave this video on social media.
Kylian Mbappé had already taken a stand to defend the individual image rights of internationals in the France team. In March 2022, he had rrefused to participate in a photo shoot with the sponsors
denouncing the convention which obliged the selected players to submit to the advertising operations of the French Football Federation. He reiterated his remarks at another rally in September 2022.
