Posted on 06/26/2022 at 08:07
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It seems that Kylian Mbappé is on vacation. It seems. Because his summer break is not a break. We even track it. The new star of French football occupies the field. Under the sunlights, everywhere, all the time. In the desert like in Times Square.
For several days, his face has been displayed on the giant screens of New York. XXL exhibition for a life-size ad, praising a famous American equipment manufacturer.
Mbappé did not cross the Atlantic for tourism. No. He’s in the Big Apple on business. Especially to promote “a long-term partnership”between Zebra Valley, his production company, and the NBA. Officially, the Parisian is invited to the high mass of the draft. So it shows up. Strike a pose alongside nuggets freshly recruited by the thirty franchises of the North American basketball championship.
“I also want to leave a mark as a man”
Above all, it conveys messages, through interposed screens. He knows it: his voice carries. So when BFM takes him on “slippery ground”when asked about “police violence or racism”, he does not dodge. Any other footballer would take refuge behind his status to avoid these hot topics. He considers himself enough “well cramped” not to ” to hide “. “I don’t want to just play football and go home. I also want to leave a mark as a man. »
” Leave a trace “, even if it means publicly taking over Noël Le Graëtwhen the boss of the French Football Federation minimizes the racism of which the number 10 of the Blues considers himself to have been a victim during the Euro, in 2021.
Mbappé has no filter. He’s not just a young man confined to kicking a ball, who has just extended his (golden) contract with PSG. From the height of his 23 years, he already reflects the image of an assumed businessman. No question of fleeing the spotlight, nor of denying his status as an international star. This confidence, released in The Parisiansums it all up: “When you have your head in Times Square, you’re a bit bling-bling”.
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